Play online chess!

WCC Magnus Carlsen's secret weapon revealed!
« Back to club forum
FromMessage
ace-of-aces
01-Jan-14, 10:53

WCC Magnus Carlsen's secret weapon revealed!
en.chessbase.com

•First, avoid errors yourself.
•Second, play relatively quickly.
•Third, see complexity where others assume simplicity.
•Fourth, develop exquisite timing for when to change the nature of the position.
•Fifth, navigate towards positions where there are no obvious moves.
•Sixth, believe in your opponent's greater and ultimate fallibility.
•Seven, keep going relentlessly.
•Eight, be ever ready to pounce.
•Nine, kill them without mercy.
•Ten, smile for the cameras.
shamash
20-Jan-14, 12:11

Karpovian Carlsen
Scottish GM Jon Rowson's thoughts are always enlightening.

The most enlightening is his comment,

< "The only thing you learn from losing is how to lose." >

His 10 points about Magnus Carlsen's winning make Carsen seem downright Karpovian.

Karpov says that as a boy he taught himself to win at chess not by learning the rules of chess,
but by learning the rules of winning.



GameKnot: play chess online, chess clubs, monthly chess tournaments, Internet chess league, chess teams, online chess puzzles, free online chess games database and more.