King's Gambit!: Carlsen v. Wang Yue 1-0

Carlsen plays and wins with the King's Gambit against Wang Yue, a player who recently ran a non-losing streak to the longest anyone's seen of late. (Wang Yue went 85 games without a loss.  The record belongs to Tal with 92.) The game feints in the direction of the Falkbeer Counter-Gambit, but then settles into the Modern variation by a rather standard move order that avoids 3.Bc4, the Bishop's Gambit.  It's not a spectacular game, but it gives future Carlsen opponents additional homework, as if they needed it.

King's Indian 101: Saemisch Variation--6.Nge2

There's no better player to study than Radjabov when it comes to the King's Indian.  First, he's played the KI 122 times in Mega 2010, which is an enormous number.  Second, he's scored well enough with the opening that it's a feat of courage to even roll out the moves d4, c4, Nc3 against him.  Prior to yesterday, he had a winning percentage in every variation of the KI except the Sämisch.  Today he has a winning record in that variation, too.  The first move to consider is Ponomariov's 6.Nge2.  This is a distinct second-line move, as 6.Be3 is far more often played.