Game of the Week #500
It's fitting that edition number 500 of the "Game of the Week" series is during the Wijk aan Zee tournament, with the World Champion in the lead. We will indeed study a game by the player who many people consider to be the greatest player of all times.
Magnus Carlsen is on fire in the Catalan, beating Giri, Rapport and Mamedyarov with this universal opening, all in about 30 moves.
In this video we will focus on the game against Mamedyarov and on what it takes to beat another giant.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with White?
When it comes to strategy, one of the key things that chess professionals understand much better than amateur players is the role of the bishop which is the key theme on this video course.
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In this opening Black opts for active piece play and is not afraid to fight for the initiative from an early stage. One of the many good features of this opening is that Black is often the side which controls the pace of the game.
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