10/25/2021 – On 26 November Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi will play the first game of their World Championship match in Dubai. A good opportunity to ask Daniel King about his work for the updated ChessBase Master Class about Carlsen, about Carlsen as a person, King's favourite Carlsen game, and of course, King's predictions for the match. As part of the interview King shows two games of the current World Champion - one against Sergey Karjakin, and one against Anish Giri, which is one of King's favourite endgames by Carlsen.
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Daniel King on Magnus Carlsen
"After the 2018 Championship, Carlsen's playing style became far more adventurous."
0:22 - Did you ever meet Magnus Carlsen, and what is your relationship to him?
2:00 - Which of the games you analysed is your favourite, and for what reason?
3:58 - Daniel King takes a look at Karjakin vs. Carlsen
6:32 - Daniel King takes a look at Giri vs. Carlsen
11:56 - Where is Carlsen on a list of the "greatest chess players ever"?
15:22 - What is your prediction for the World Championship?
19:01 - When is a new Power Play Fritztrainer coming up, and what will it be about?
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1.e4
1,182,453
54%
2421
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1.d4
957,826
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
285,853
56%
2441
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1.c4
184,465
56%
2443
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1.g3
19,863
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,579
54%
2428
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1.f4
5,949
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,899
50%
2383
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1.b4
1,790
48%
2378
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1.a3
1,249
54%
2406
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1.e3
1,080
49%
2409
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1.d3
967
50%
2378
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1.g4
670
46%
2361
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1.h4
466
54%
2382
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1.c3
439
51%
2425
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1.h3
289
56%
2420
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1.a4
118
60%
2461
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1.f3
100
47%
2427
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1.Nh3
92
67%
2511
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1.Na3
47
62%
2476
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bc4Bc54.0-0Nf65.d3d66.c3h66...a6 is the
modern continuation.7.Nbd20-08.Re1a58...Re89.b4Bb610.a4a511.b5Ne712.Qb3Rf813.d4Ng614.h3Nh515.Bf1Qf616.Qd1exd417.cxd4Bxd418.e5Bxf2+19.Kxf2Nxe51-0 (28) Giri,A (2764)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.
com INT 20209.Nf1Be610.Bb5Ne711.d4Ba7!? A promising side
line.12.dxe5Ng413.Be3Nxe3NPredecessor:13...Nxe514.Bxa7Rxa715.Nd4N7g616.Ne3Bd717.Bf1a418.g3Ne719.f4N5c61-0 (52) Jakovenko,
D (2714)-Svidler,P (2745) Germany 201714.Nxe3dxe515.Nxe5Ng616.Nxg6fxg617.Qxd8Raxd818.Re2Bxe319.fxe3Kf720.Ba4Ke721.h3Bc422.Rc2Rd323.Re1Kd624.Bb3Ba625.Rcc1Ke526.Rcd1Rfd827.Rxd3Bxd328.Kf2Rd629.Bd1Bc430.b3Rd2+31.Kg3Be632.Rf1Rxa233.Bg4Bxb334.Rf8Kxe435.Rc8Kxe336.Rxc7Bd537.Bf3Bxf338.gxf3Rb239.Rxg7Rb640.c4Kd441.Rc7a442.c5Ra643.Rxb7Kxc544.Rc7+Kb645.Rc1a346.h4a247.Ra1Ra448.f4h549.Kf3Kc550.Ke3Kd551.Kf3Ke60–1
Let our authors show you how Carlsen tailored his openings to be able to outplay his opponents strategically in the middlegame or to obtain an enduring advantage into the endgame.
If you have any suggestions for a topic for Daniel King's next "Power Play Fritztrainer", please send an email to feedback@chessbase.com.
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