How to Beat Magnus Carlsen Exploring the Most Difficult Challenge in Chess

Cyrus Lakdawala, "How to Beat Magnus Carlsen: Exploring the Most Difficult Challenge in Chess"
English | ISBN: 9056919156 | 2021 | 304 pages | EPUB | 22 MB
Magnus Carlsen is arguably the strongest player of all time. His dominance is such that every loss comes as a shock. They remind us that even he has his weak moments. In fact, identifying the root causes of his losses holds valuable lessons for all players.

Cyrus Lakdawala's search starts with a series of Magnus wins and draws to give the reader a feel for how incredibly difficult it is to beat him. The World Champion's arsenal is awesome: a superlative ability to concentrate and calculate, near-perfect intuition, probably the best endgame technique ever, a wide and creative opening repertoire, a willingness to unbalance the position almost anytime, and last but not least: his unparalleled will to win.
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