Game of the Week #663: S. Agdestein - M. Carlsen, Norway 2025

by Merijn van Delft
3/24/2025 – Trainer against student - in his new Game of the Week show Merijn van Delft looks at the game Simen Agdestein, former coach of Magnus Carlsen, played against Carlsen in the Norwegian League. | Merijn's show is available on-demand with a ChessBase Premium Account. You can register a Premium account here.
In this Fritztrainer: “Attack like a Super GM” with Gukesh we touch upon all aspects of his play, with special emphasis on how you can become a better attacking player.

Game of the Week #663

While Gukesh is the proud new world champion, leading the new generation, Magnus Carlsen is still the undisputed number one in the world. It will be interesting to see how long Magnus can stay on top.

In the Norwegian League he did a good job, scoring 3 out of 3, winning four rating points, and consolidating his number one position. Our game of the week is Carlsen's impressive win with Black against his former coach Simen Agdestein.

Warm-up question: What would you play here with Black?

S. Agdestein - M. Carlsen, Norwegian League 2025
Position after 21.0-0-0

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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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Merijn van Delft is an International Master from the Netherlands who lived in Hamburg for many years and is currently based in Amsterdam. After scoring a GM norm in 2017 he is eager for more. His ChessBase show on Wednesday evenings has been running for over ten years now.
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