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Magnus Carlsen was known for his attacking style as a teenager, but has since developed into a universal player. He uses a variety of openings to make it harder for opponents to prepare against him, but his most played opening is the Ruy Lopez. The Ruy Lopez remains the most commonly used amongst the open games in master play. Due to the difficulty for Black in achieving equality, a common nickname for the opening is "The Spanish Torture".

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:09 Game 1
05:52 Game 2
10:01 Game 3
14:19 Game 4
19:58 Game 5
24:39 Game 6
27:15 Game 7

Game 1: Magnus Carlsen (2834) vs Azat Sharafiev (2432), Pro League, January 18 2018
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 O-O 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. Nxe5 Qd4 12. Nf3 Qb4 13. Qc1 Re8 14. a3 Qb6 15. Qf4 Kh8 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Qh4 c5 18. Rg3 Ng8 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Ng5 h6 21. f4 f6 22. Nf3 Qa5 23. f5 Bd7 24. Nd5 Rf7 25. Rdg1 b5 26. Nxf6 gxf6 27. Rxg8+ Rxg8 28. Qxh6+ Rh7 29. Qxf6+ Rhg7 30. Rg6 1-0

Game 2: Magnus Carlsen (2830) vs Igor Tulchinsky, WorldQuant, December 6 2023
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O Qh4 7. d3 b5 8. Bb3 Bd6 9. f4 g5 10. e5 Be7 11. Nd2 g4 12. Ne4 f6 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Bd2 Nh6 15. Qe2 g3 16. h3 a5 17. a4 b4 18. f5 Rg8 19. Rae1 Rg7 20. exf6 Ng4 21. fxg7+ Kxg7 22. f6+ Bxf6 23. Nf5+ Kf8 24. Qe8# 1-0

Game 3: Magnus Carlsen (2862) vs LakeMonster, Carlsen vs chess.com, December 14 2014
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Nxe7 8. dxe5 Nxb5 9. a4 O-O 10. axb5 Ng6 11. Nc3 b6 12. Qd5 c6 13. bxc6 dxc6 14. Qxc6 Be6 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Qe4 Bf5 17. Qe3 Qb7 18. Nd4 Be6 19. f4 Bc4 20. Rfe1 Ne7 21. f5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. f6 gxf6 24. Nf5 Kh8 25. Qh6 Rg8 26. Qxf6+ Rg7 27. Qxg7# 1-0

Game 4: Magnus Carlsen (2837) vs Sergey Karjakin (2760), World Blitz Championship, December 30 2017
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Bg5 Re8 9. h3 c5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. O-O h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nb8 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Nc6 17. Qh5 b6 18. Raf1 Rf8 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Rh4 f6 21. Qg6 Qf7 22. Qg3 Nb4 23. Bxh6 Nxc2 24. Ne5 fxe5 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Qg6 Bxa2 27. Bg5 Rff8 28. Rh7 Rf7 29. Bf6 1-0

Game 5: Magnus Carlsen (2698) vs Laurent Fressinet (2640), Cap d’Agde, October 30 2006
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg6 13. Nfd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nd2 f6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Rc1 Rae8 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Qd3 Kh8 22. f3 Re6 23. Bf2 Qf4 24. Rfd1 Rb8 25. Rc5 Nb4 26. Rxb5 c6 27. Qf5 1-0

Game 6: Magnus Carlsen (2852) vs Khazar Babazada (2351), Titled Tuesday, May 23 2023
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 b5 10. Bc2 exd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Bb3 c5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Nc3 c4 15. Bc2 g6 16. d5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 1-0

Game 7: Magnus Carlsen (2887) vs Sergey Grigoriants (2532), World Blitz Championship, December 29 2023
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bb6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Kh8 13. a4 Rb8 14. Nf1 Rg8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ne3 g5 17. Bg3 Qd7 18. Bc2 Ng4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Ng6 23. Bf5 1-0

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