[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: This Week's ChessBase Show: Brynell-Carlsen

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
This Week's ChessBase Show: Brynell-Carlsen
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1212519763.shtml


   We continue our series on today's up-and-comers with a look at
   Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen. One of the youngest-ever GMs, and
   currently #5 in the world with a ridiculous 2765 rating, this
   17-year-old is widely seen as a future world champion, and with good
   reason. Not only is he immensely strong, his strength displays itself
   in a very well-rounded fashion. Not only can he win in the classic
   ways of youth, with strong opening preparation, tactical prowess and
   energetic attacking play; but he also shines in, e.g., endings and
   technical positions.
   In this week's show, then, we'll have a look at a somewhat atypical
   game for a youth, his win with the black pieces against Swedish
   grandmaster Stellan Brynell from Gausdal 2005. The game starts off
   with the ever-lively Semi-Slav, but once the opening concludes, the
   players quickly reach an ending (or rather a "nuckie", for fans of GM
   Glenn Flear's terminology), one that looks like a trivial draw.
   Indeed, if the players had agreed to a draw around move 25, few if any
   would have given it a second thought. The game continued on, however,
   and Carlsen easily and completely outplayed his experienced opponent.
   So powerful was Carlsen's technique, it was as if the (then-)
   15-year-old had left the board and been replaced by a Karpov or a
   Petrosian. Carlsen's forces squeezed the life out of Brynell's
   position like a boa constrictor suffocating its prey, and without
   Brynell making a single obvious error.
   How did this happen, and what can we learn from the game - aside from
   a restatement of the obvious, that Carlsen is an amazing player? Tune
   in tomorrow - Wednesday - at 9 p.m. ET in the Broadcasts Room of
   ChessBase's Playchess.com server and find out! The show is free, and
   further directions for watching can be found [1]here.

References

   1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1114234449.shtml