Today, World Champion Magnus Carlsen will show you...The art of converting the tiniest of advantages - and even equal endgames - into mind-blowing WINS!
If you daydream about realizing slightly promising positions and outplaying your opponents from drawish endgames, then we've got the best mentor you could ever hope for.
This is by far the most comprehensive collection of my own games' analysis I've done. I learned a lot from this, and I hope you will too!
-Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen became world champion in 2013 and has since defended his title 3 times and dominated tournament play.
The precision and patience with which he plays can turn boring draws into shocking wins. All in a few dozen moves.
Magnus's endgame skill is often characterized as relentlessly optimisic and inventive. The wins seemingly come out of nowhere. There is a depth to his understanding and imagination that, combined with an utterly practical mindset, makes him the ultimate endgame player.
And now he shares his secrets on how to snatch wins from the jaws of drawishness.
Let the world champion himself show you the inner workings of his mind and bolster your endgame technique!
The World Champion's coach
GM Peter Heine Nielsen and
IM Christof "ChessExplained" Sielecki also lent their analytical expertise in designing this course, by handpicking
158 training positions that are complementary to the games and chosen for additional instructional value, all trainable with Chessable's MoveTrainer®.
Magnus is way too honest in The Magnus Touch, giving away what he thinks.
- Peter Heine Nielsen
Magnus Carlsen’s coach/trainer
But, that's not all because the videos are co-presented by Chessable's own
IM John Bartholomew, lending his decade long experience as a video presenter and trainer of club players to break down these complex ideas for you, while Magnus takes a deep dive into
9 of his finest endgames in over 3 hours of video.
Here's what you will learn inside
The Magnus Touch: The Endgame...
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Carlsen's proven strategies for breaking down enemy resistance in drawish endings. From slow moves that maintain the tension and improve your position, ideal major piece set-ups and pawn weakness pressure points, to surprising piece exchanges that generate new possibilities for a win by giving your opponent more opportunities to go wrong.
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Shocking tactics for promoting "the Carlsen pawn". It's that pawn on the 7th rank, defended by a rook directly in front of it, constantly threatening to promote to a queen. The champ loves this pawn for the tactical opportunities it creates!
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Methods for tearing down fortresses. These techniques for breaking through defenses are counter-intuitive. But, boy, do they work wonders...even against the most stubborn GMs.
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How and when to play actively to close the game. Breach the enemy position with well-timed pawn breaks. Give back material to gain dynamic advantages. And shock your opponent with intermezzos that shut down counterplay and add punch to your next move.
Let Magnus inspire your play with the imagination and creative optimism he brings to the chessboardLearn from the greatest of them all, World Champion Magnus Carlsen.
