Lars Bo Hansen

Dr. Lars Bo Hansen is a Danish Grandmaster now residing in the United States, where he is an Assistant Professor of Sport Management and Business Strategy at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida. Now semi-retired from competitive grandmaster chess, he spends most of his chess-related time on coaching in Orlando Chess House. He is a former National Head Coach of the Danish Chess Federation and the author of several chess books.

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Carlsen vs Karjakin 2016 revisited

11/18/2018 – With the long-awaited World Championship match between World Champion Magnus Carlsen and his Challenger Fabiano Caruana finally underway, GM LARS BO HANSEN was inspired to revisit some analyses from the previous World Championship match in New York between Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin in November 2016. As most readers will recall, the reigning World Champion survived a scare in the regular games before eventually dominating the rapid playoff. What conclusions can we draw and how might that impact the 2018 contest? | Photo: Albert Silver

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