Daniel King on Magnus and the Masterclass

by ChessBase
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.
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.

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 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 h6 6...a6 is the modern continuation. 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.Re1 a5 8...Re8 9.b4 Bb6 10.a4 a5 11.b5 Ne7 12.Qb3 Rf8 13.d4 Ng6 14.h3 Nh5 15.Bf1 Qf6 16.Qd1 exd4 17.cxd4 Bxd4 18.e5 Bxf2+ 19.Kxf2 Nxe5 1-0 (28) Giri,A (2764)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24. com INT 2020 9.Nf1 Be6 10.Bb5 Ne7 11.d4 Ba7!?       A promising side line. 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.Be3 Nxe3N Predecessor: 13...Nxe5 14.Bxa7 Rxa7 15.Nd4 N7g6 16.Ne3 Bd7 17.Bf1 a4 18.g3 Ne7 19.f4 N5c6 1-0 (52) Jakovenko, D (2714)-Svidler,P (2745) Germany 2017 14.Nxe3 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Ng6 16.Nxg6 fxg6 17.Qxd8 Raxd8 18.Re2 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Kf7 20.Ba4 Ke7 21.h3 Bc4 22.Rc2 Rd3 23.Re1 Kd6 24.Bb3 Ba6 25.Rcc1 Ke5 26.Rcd1 Rfd8 27.Rxd3 Bxd3 28.Kf2 Rd6 29.Bd1 Bc4 30.b3 Rd2+ 31.Kg3 Be6 32.Rf1 Rxa2 33.Bg4 Bxb3 34.Rf8 Kxe4 35.Rc8 Kxe3 36.Rxc7 Bd5 37.Bf3 Bxf3 38.gxf3 Rb2 39.Rxg7 Rb6 40.c4 Kd4 41.Rc7 a4 42.c5 Ra6 43.Rxb7 Kxc5 44.Rc7+ Kb6 45.Rc1 a3 46.h4 a2 47.Ra1 Ra4 48.f4 h5 49.Kf3 Kc5 50.Ke3 Kd5 51.Kf3 Ke6 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Giri,A2764Carlsen,M28620–12020C54Skilling op KO1.14
Karjakin,S2753Carlsen,M28450–12019B33Gashimov Memorial 6th8

Master Class Vol. 8 - Magnus Carlsen 2nd Edition

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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