Tag: Magnus Carlsen
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Game of the Week IX: Valles Moreno, I (2401) – Soham, Das (2330)
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana This quote reminds us why we should learn from history in order to help us to avoid the mistakes made by prior generations. A common piece of advice to chess players is to study the classic chess books, especially those…
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Game of the Week I: Bernadskiy, Vitaliy (2599) – Tabatabaei, M. Amin (2643)
Allegedly, Radjabov said in an interview during the 2010 World Blitz Championship that “Everyone is getting tired. You might as well start with 1.a4 and you can still beat them.” Carlsen decided to test this statement against Radjabov during their 2012 World Blitz Championship game, and it worked like a charm for him! I guess…
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Game of the Week XLVIII: Carlsen, Magnus (2855) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2782)
The brain may fail you when the tension is at the highest level. Several years ago, as a young and ambitious player, I made a bad move in an important game which led to a position where I got tortured for a long time and eventually lost after a drawish but difficult-to-defend endgame. Coping with…
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Game of the Week XLVII Carlsen, Magnus (2855) – Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2782)
“A Knight on f5 is worth a pawn” Garry Kasparov Kasparov made this statement because often, the Black side castles short. White’s knight then becomes quite annoying for Black and can create attacking ideas all the time. What about the value of the knight on d6 or d3? If we consider that either the e…
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Game of the Week XXXIX: Bjerre, Jonas Buhl (2550) – Grandelius, Nils (2666)
The story goes that Robert James Fischer used to study all published chess games, including the USSR Women’s Chess Championship. The same probably goes for the current top players. Frankly speaking, I have not been very attentive and following the events closely. Nevertheless, since I am always in search of a good game for my…
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Game of the Week XXXVII: Carlsen, Magnus (2855) – Firouzja, Alireza (2754)
“What openings should I play?”; “Is _____ opening good to play?” As a chess streamer and coach, I hear these questions all the time… Before anyone asks this question, though, they need to figure out what their strengths are and play on those. Also, figuring out one’s weaknesses could help one to overcome them. As…
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Game of the Week XXXI: Carlsen, Magnus (2847) – Fedoseev, Vladimir (2696)
It is always tricky to play for a win with Black against a strong player in high-level chess because most openings force draw-ish positions, especially when the first move by White is e4. In my experience, there are a few strategies to aim for a win instead of a draw with Black: In all of…
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Game of the Week XXIX: Carlsen, Magnus (2847) – Wojtaszek, Radoslaw (2687)
By Guest Contributor Grandmaster Peter Prohaszka: This week’s choice fell upon a beautiful technical win by Magnus Carlsen to Radoslaw Wojtaszek in their second rapid game at the World Cup. It is rare that we see a bishop dominating a knight so pristinely in modern chess. It was spectacular to watch it live, and I…
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Game of the Week XVI: Caruana, Fabiano (2820) – Giri, Anish (2776)
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once declared: “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” I think he had a good point with the river part, but I am not sure about the other part, as I don’t think that humans can change…