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Fighting Chess with Magnus Carlsen

Edition Olms | February 2012 | ISBN-10: 328301020X | PDF | 280 pages | 43.8 mb

http://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Chess-Magnus-Carlsen-Progress/dp/328301020X

Now firmly established among the world's elite, the Norwegian Magnus

Carlsen has been setting records ever since he embarked on his chess

career. He became a grandmaster at the age of just 13, and in 2010 he

became the youngest player to be ranked No.1 in the world. This book

presents detailed annotations to 64 of Carlsen's best games, together

with a description of his career. Also examined are the deficiencies

from which he suffered as a young player, and how he overcame these on

his way to the top. The book has a nice blend of biography and chess

instruction.The games are annotated in a very economic fashion without

leaving the reader guessing at critical moments during the game. Reading

this book will be benefit your chess (independent of you chess level).

Openings, middlegame themes and overall endgames are discussed

everywhere.

The book is divided as follows:

Magnus Carlsen- Hero of the Computer Era

1. From master to Grandmaster ( seven games)

2. The way to the top ( twenty two games)

3. Life at the Top (30 games)

About the Authors

Adrian Mikhalchishin is a Ukrainian chess

grandmaster now playing for Slovenia and coaching the women's team in

Turkey. He is the author of Secrets of Opening Surprises, Vol. 12. Oleg

Stetsko is a chess researcher and theoretician and the coauthor of

Caro-Kann :Smyslov System 4 . . . Nd7.