English victories against reigning World Champions

[Leonard Barden]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012179

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1013265

[MJMcCready]

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012179

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1013265

Thank you Leonard.

[Keith Arkell]

No, I made the Nigel Short ones up - he beat him in blitz only.

Here is Keiths Game:

[Event "Gausdal Classics GM"] [Site "Gausdal NOR"] [Date "2002.04.14"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Keith Arkell"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "55"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.b4 O-O 9.e3 c6 10.h3 Be6 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.O-O b5 13.a4 a6 14.a5 c5 15.bxc5 Nxc5 16.Bc2 Rc8 17.dxc5 Rxc5 18.Qd3 g6 19.Nd4 Bf5 20.Nxf5 Rxc3 21.Nxh6+ Kh7 22.Nxf7 Rxd3 23.Nxd8 Rd2 24.Ne6 Rc8 25.Bb3 Bxa1 26.Rxa1 Rc3 27.Rb1 Rc4 28.Nd4 1-0

and Simon's:

[Event "Gausdal Classics"] [Site "Gausdal NOR"] [Date "2005.04.16"] [EventDate "2005.04.13"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Simon Kim Williams"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2466"] [BlackElo "2548"] [PlyCount "79"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 a5 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. b5 c5 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. e3 b5 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qc2 Kf7 19. h4 Nb6 20. h5 Nc4 21. hxg6+ hxg6 22. Bxg6+ Ke7 23. Nh4 Kd7 24. Qb3 b4 25. a4 Kc7 26. Ke2 f5 27. Bxf5 Qf6 28. g3 Raf8 29. Qd3 Rxh4 30. gxh4 Qxf5 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 32. h5 b3 33. h6 Rf8 34. h7 b2 35. Rag1 Rh8 36. Rg8 b1=Q 37. Rg7+ Bd7 38. Rxb1 Kd6 39. Rh1 Bf5 40. Rh6+ 1-0

And here is my Khalifman game. Perhaps someone ( Jack?) could kindly make it more user-friendly?

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Arkell, K.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bf4 d6 8.
e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Qe7 10. h3 Ne4 11. Bh2 f5 12. Rc1 a5 13. b3 O-O 14. O-O e5 15.
c5 bxc5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bb5 c6 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Qe2 Nd6 20. Rfd1 Nxc4 21.
Qxc4 Ba6 22. Qh4 Qxh4 23. Nxh4 Ra7 24. Rd6 e4 25. Rcd1 Bd3 26. Nf3 a4 27. bxa4
Rf6 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Nd2 Rxa4 30. Bd6 Rxa3 31. Rc1 Ra2 32. Nb3 c4 33. Nd4 c5
34. Nxf5 Ra3 35. Nd4 Rb3 36. Ne6 Rb6 37. Ra1 Kg8 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Nd8+ Kg6 40.
Bc7 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 c3 42. f4 exf3 0-1

[Paul Cooksey]

[Event "London WFW"] [Site "London"] [Date "1991"] [White "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Black "Arkell, K.."] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2640"] [BlackElo "2450"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [EventCategory "11"] [Source "ChessBase"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. Bf4 d6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Qe7 10. h3 Ne4 11. Bh2 f5 12. Rc1 a5 13. b3 O-O 14. O-O e5 15. c5 bxc5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bb5 c6 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Qe2 Nd6 20. Rfd1 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Ba6 22. Qh4 Qxh4 23. Nxh4 Ra7 24. Rd6 e4 25. Rcd1 Bd3 26. Nf3 a4 27. bxa4 Rf6 28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Nd2 Rxa4 30. Bd6 Rxa3 31. Rc1 Ra2 32. Nb3 c4 33. Nd4 c5 34. Nxf5 Ra3 35. Nd4 Rb3 36. Ne6 Rb6 37. Ra1 Kg8 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Nd8+ Kg6 40. Bc7 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 c3 42. f4 exf3 0-1

[Nick Ivell]

That is the type of loss that will have taught the young Magnus a lot. For example, that the two bishops are not everything.

[Nick Ivell]

I should add that I think Fischer over-estimated the advantage of the two bishops all his life.

[MJMcCready]

Why do you say that?