Something a little different than usual, as we look at decidedly amateur games — but ones in which the player of the white pieces is none other than World Champion Magnus Carlsen.
But first, a warm-up puzzle from a game I played online:
Play it out against the computer!
Is White toast here or does he have a way out?
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