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Knight sacrifices by Magnus Carlsen
♞ Sacrifice · 36 games

Knight Sacrifices by Magnus Carlsen

Games where a knight was voluntarily given up as part of a winning or drawing combination. Detected from the 7,484-game Magnus archive using chess position analysis.

36
Total Games
27
By Magnus
9
By Opponent

All knight sacrifice games

Year
Game
ECO
Result
2025
Nicolas Checa vs Magnus Carlsen
Queen's Pawn Game
A40
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Seyed Abolfazl Moosavifar
Bishop's Opening
C24
1–0
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs S Shankland
Sicilian Defense
B50
🔒
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs Angel Gabriel Cordoba Roa
Queen's Gambit Declined
D35
🔒
2024
R Garcia Pantoja vs Magnus Carlsen
Sicilian Defense
B41
🔒
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs C Montero Martinez
Pirc Defense
B07
🔒
2024
Magnus Carlsen vs D Paravyan
Réti Opening
A07
🔒
2024
S Peczely vs Magnus Carlsen
King's Pawn Opening
B00
🔒
2024
Valery Skatchkov vs Magnus Carlsen
Queen's Gambit Declined
D30
🔒
2024
Pawel Teclaf vs Magnus Carlsen
Sicilian Defense
B41
🔒
2024
Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen
Two Knights Defense
🔒
2023
So,W vs Carlsen,M
Sicilian Defense
🔒
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
Queen's Indian Defense
🔒
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Daniel Naroditsky
Indian Defenses
🔒
2023
Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen
Sicilian Defense
🔒
2022
Arjun Erigaisi vs Magnus Carlsen
Italian Game
🔒
2021
Carlsen,M vs So,W
Ruy Lopez
🔒
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Daniil Dubov
Sicilian Defense
🔒
2021
Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So
Three Knights Game
🔒
2020
Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen
English Opening
🔒
2020
Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen
Ruy Lopez
🔒
2020
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen
Ruy Lopez
🔒
2015
Magnus Carlsen vs Bjoern Goldman
English Opening
A13
🔒
2014
Norway vs Magnus Carlsen
Modern Defense
B06
🔒
2012
V Bologan vs Magnus Carlsen
Sicilian Defense
B30
🔒
2012
Ju Polgar vs Magnus Carlsen
Italian Game
C50
🔒
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot
Italian Game
🔒
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov
French Defense
🔒
2011
Vladimir Kramnik vs Magnus Carlsen
Réti Opening
🔒
2008
Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov
Sicilian Defense
🔒
2006
LE Johannessen vs Magnus Carlsen
Benko Gambit
A58
🔒
2006
Milo Pavlovic vs Magnus Carlsen
Ruy Lopez
C78
🔒
2005
Magnus Carlsen vs Gata Kamsky
Sicilian Defense
🔒
2005
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Sicilian Defense
🔒
2004
Magnus Carlsen vs K Lie
Benoni Defense
A67
🔒
2003
Magnus Carlsen vs L Drabke
Slav Defense
D17
🔒