Magnus Carlsen Sacrifices Everything!

Today we’ll take a look at an immortal chess game played by the 14-year old Magnus Carlsen in which he sacrifices everything; yes, he sacrificed all his pieces one after the other to deliver a beautiful checkmate! The game was played between Magnus Carlsen playing White and Geir Sune Tallaksen Ostmoe playing Black at the Norwegian Chess Championship 2005. Carlsen started his attack with a beautiful rook maneuver from Re1-Re4-Rh4 after breaking through the center. He then continued his attack by keeping his pieces active and sacrificing them one after the other to keep the momentum going. Eventually, he checkmated the opponent after sacrificing a knight, a bishop, and two rooks! You can find the PGN of this game below: 

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