Chess genius of our time Magnus Carlsen

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Sven Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess player, grandmaster, the best chess player on the planet, the absolute world chess champion. Born November 30, 1990. Magnus Carlsen has the highest rating in the history of world chess. Classical, rapid and blitz - Magnus Carlsen is the champion in all types of chess, having the corresponding ratings - 2840 - 2896 - 2914. The highest rating in standard chess was recorded in May 2014 - 2842 points.

Magnus Carlsen: "Chess is the love of my life"

Magnus's father, Henrik Carlsen, was an engineer for an oil company who played chess well and had a respectable 2101 Elo rating for an obscure chess player. When Magnus was 5 years old, his father taught him the rules of chess. Gradually, the little chess player began to get involved in this activity seriously, voraciously reading chess books and blitzing for several hours a day on the Internet. Literally falling in love with this game, Magnus gradually began to improve and greedilystudy combinations and openings. Success quickly made itself felt: in 2003, Microsoft began sponsoring Magnus and his family, predicting a great future for him.

The modern chess genius

In the chess world, he is considered a modern genius, because Magnus tends to memorize about 10 thousand games by heart. His thinking is a powerful computer that can calculate in advance several tens or even hundreds of chess moves in seconds. At the age of 13 years and 148 days, the young chess prodigy won the title of grandmaster, making him the third youngest chess grandmaster in the world. Every year Magnus takes his game and mindset to new heights.

Playstyle

From childhood, the young chess player loved open and aggressive play, often attacking the opponent's pieces, attacking the king and queensides, and also immediately agreed to an exchange. His game testified to the complete fearlessness of the chess player and the absence of nerves. With age, Carlsen began to realize that a risky style is not good for playing against world elite chess players, although he already had experience of defeating serious grandmasters. As he began playing in the world's top chess tournaments, his style gradually became universalized, being able to handle many kinds of positions on the board favorably enough to win over his opponent.

With age and seriousCarlsen's victories have developed his own universal style of play. He is especially strong in the middlegame and endgame, but he doesn't play openings according to the textbook. This especially confuses his opponents when Magnus chooses the 20th most popular move from playing some kind of opening or defense. Many prominent chess grandmasters often comment on the champion's style of play. Magnus Carlsen's games are taken apart piece by piece, assessing the correctness and correctness of moves. There are quite a few opinions, but each one mentions the genius of the current champion.

Magnus Carlsen against the computer

In the age of modern and information technologies, chess programs and artificial intelligence have reached such a level that the computer does not leave a chance to win against a person. This fact makes almost everyone wonder if Magnus Carlsen can beat artificial intelligence, given that he beats almost all famous chess players. Magnus answers this question as follows: “I'm more interested in fighting people than with a computer. There are many interesting games where the "King's Indian Defence" occurs, which is very difficult to play correctly. So not yet.”

Grandmasters about Magnus Carlsen

Sergey Karjakin: "He plays almost perfectly, makes almost no mistakes and has a phenomenal memory."

Luc van Wely: “His speci alty, as a real world champion, is that he is able to get out of almost any situation on the chessboard. Where many players come tostupor and do not know how to move on properly, Magnus Carlsen is just starting to play. He is a real psychologist, because he very subtly feels the mood and intentions of his opponents. Magnus Carlsen never loses faith that the opponent will make a crucial mistake and the game will be brought to victory.”

Sergey Shipov: “He has been a true leader of the chess world for several years now, and no one can dispute that. His current rating position is comparable to the achievements of Gary Kasparov in his best years. Undoubtedly, the gap between Kasparov and his pursuers was much larger and lasted for many years, but then there were no strong chess programs, as there are now, that help in preparation. In the modern world, computers and information technologies have successfully leveled the forces of competing chess players. That's why it's so much harder to be a champion right now.”

Gary Kasparov: “Carlsen's game is the new top chess league of the modern generation. At one time, I gave a lot to books and a detailed study of chess combinations and positions. And now powerful programs have begun to replace chess analysis. The new generation of chess players began to look like robots, their game is pragmatic and material. However, Magnus does it all on his own intuition, which certainly pleases me.”