Scarcely any world champion has managed to captivate both chess lovers and the general public to the same extent as Magnus Carlsen. The enormously talented Norwegian arrived on the scene as if from nowhere, without having been systematically trained within the structures of a major chess-playing nation such as Russia, the Ukraine or more recently, China. Rather, his development had taken place in an almost totally private setting. Upon recognizing his son’s unbelievable talent, his father took him out of school, bought a camper van and, together with the whole family, set about traveling from tournament to tournament. The rough diamond from Norway was gradually polished in count-less tournament games, and was soon receiving invitations to top tournaments, where he proved his incredibly deep understanding of chess against even the world’s top players.
Thanks to Carlsen’s style, computer-supported opening preparation has faded somewhat into the background, with a greater importance being placed on the sporting side of chess – deep strategy, extensive endgame knowledge, energy and endurance are the trump cards of the new chess megastar. By 2010, Carlsen was already number one in the world ranking list; in 2013 he also claimed the title of World Champion, a title he has now successfully defended several times.
• Video running time: more than 11 hours (English)
• Interactive tactics test with video feedback
• Featuring a database of all Carlsen’s
games, tournament crosstables, and a
short biography
• “Carlsen Powerbooks”: 16th World Champion’s opening repertoire
as a variation tree
• Tactical training with 103 games: 218 training questions
• Extra video chapter by Daniel King
This DVD-ROM includes a Fritztrainer App for the opening and viewing of the Fritztrainer databases and videos. Users of Fritz17 and ChessBase 15 (or Chess-Base Reader) are also able to open these training DVDs after installing the content to the hard disc.
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