Magnus Carlsen is back, and he just played a series of insane blitz games on the Chess.com servers that left the entire chess world in a state of total meltdown! Today we are looking at the best game from Carlsen's 16-game mini-match vs Niko Theodorou, which features Magnus Carlsen absolutely destroying the French Defense opening in legendary style!

In the game Magnus Carlsen opens 1.e4 and heads for the absolute main line of the French Defense opening with the move 3.Nc3. From there both Magnus and Niko Theodorou head for the main line of the Winaver Variation, with Magnus opting to go for Alpha Zero's favorite response with a fast h2-h4-h5, gaining space on the kingside and immediately putting pressure on Black's position. From there we had a typical complicated French Defense position, where the center was closed but Magnus was doing everything he could to apply maximum pressure on Black's French Defense setup! And when the timing was right, Magnus unleashed a series of breathtaking queen moves that left Niko Theodorou speechless!

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