Showing posts with label Magnus Carlsen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magnus Carlsen. Show all posts

How to win endgames like Magnus Carlsen?

Before going to the topic, I’d like to address something important. Our RCA website was unavailable for some time on 26 July and we’re sorry for the inconvenience caused. To compensate this, we’d like to extend the special offer and even provide you with something more.
Yes, you can get a huge 25% discount not just on our new course “Magnus Carlsen: The Journey of a World Champion”, but on ALL our courses! ðŸ™‚ You can use the same coupon “mc25” and it will be valid till Saturday, 29 July (included). If you don’t know how to use a coupon, please see here.
However, still only if you buy the course “Magnus Carlsen: The Journey of a World Champion” you’ll get the extra bonus – the premium video “Press your opponents like Carlsen” (or any other premium video from “GM Smirnov Bundle” if you own that already) for FREE.
magnus carlsen journey of a world champion
Let me also highlight the importance of the practical part of this course. All of the tasks in the practical part section involve Magnus Carlsen’s games. Therefore, you will be learning from the games and positions of the best player in the world! The training program has a detailed explanation on what and exactly how you should do the practical tasks. Additionally, we offer a 31-day (no questions asked) money back guarantee!
With this happy note, let’s get straight to the topic. Have you ever found yourself in an endgame where it was so boring that you could not find any good moves, while your opponent just seems to know what to do? Today we’ll be discussing how Magnus Carlsen plays in such quiet endgames and most importantly, manages to win the game easily.
Before that, I’d like to ‘warn’ you that it is very important to study such endgames. If you don’t give much importance in this area, you’ll keep struggling to find good moves. Let’s take a look at an ending from Magnus’s game.

Magnus Carlsen is playing Black in this game. Please, take a moment and try to evaluate this position. Who do you think it is better and why? It’s Black to play – can you find a good continuation for Black?
Well, it looks like a quiet position from a boring endgame, isn’t it? It’s not the case for Carlsen – yes, he won this game. I’d like to insist that it’s not a very rare occurrence for Magnus to win such positions. As you may have seen, he has been doing that time after time. He calmly outmaneuvers his opponents for a very long time.
How does he do that? How can you do the same? You can watch the video snippet, where you can see how Carlsen found the winning plan in the above endgame. ðŸ™‚
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Magnus Carlsen: World Chess Champion for a reason!

Is there any chess player in the world who wouldn’t be curious to learn from the Norwegian chess prodigy, the number one player in the world and the current World Champion Magnus Carlsen? ðŸ™‚ The day has come – our new course “Magnus Carlsen: The Journey of a World Champion” is released today!

Why this course?

magnus carlsen journey of world championIt is important to know about the history of chess and analyzing games of the best chess players. In order to make your game deeper, it is important to learn new techniques and ideas, especially from great players. As said, learning from great players really helps us a lot. And Magnus Carlsen is sure not a player to be missed out on this ‘Elite’ category; his achievements say it all!

Carlsen’s style of play

The goal of this course is to analyse Carlsen’s style and help you incorporate them in YOUR games. Throughout the videos, the author IM David Miedema will present moments with special exercises which are defining for the wonderful style of Magnus.
magnus carlsen style of playAdditionally, to record a few hours of video lessons, David made around 50-hours research to understand deeply Carlsen’s playing techniques. I enjoyed these lessons. Although we invite guest authors, I and our RCA team are always participating in preparing the lessons, and I keep an eye on guest author’s work to make sure the course is up to your expectations.

Special offers

To celebrate the release of the course and the wonderful journey of Magnus Carlsen, we’ll provide you with some amazing offers. ðŸ™‚
Offer-1:
You can get a huge 25% discount on the course. This will be a limited-period offer and will be valid from today till Thursday, 27 July. Simply use the coupon “mc25” and it will save you more than $12 USD! If you don’t know how to use a discount code, please see here.
Offer-2:
If you purchase the course “Magnus Carlsen: The Journey of a World Champion” within the offer period (24-27 July) you will get the premium video “Press your opponents like Carlsen” (worth $20 USD) completely FREE! ðŸ™‚
If you have already bought that premium video, then you can contact us after the purchase of the course and you will be able to get any other video from the “GM Smirnov Bundle”.
magnus carlsen chess course

Finally, I’d like to share with you a video our RCA Team has prepared about Magnus Carlsen’s wonderful journey. It’s a short video explaining about Carlsen’s crucial and major achievements in chess – you may also learn some facts about Carlsen that you didn’t know before. ðŸ™‚ You can watch the video below:



Important note: You can study the course on ANY device (even on the non-windows device). We’re providing you with the course in e-book format (PDF) and you can study the video lessons separately as well. You can watch the tutorial video in the FAQ here.
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Psychology of defense in chess

First, let me remind you that tomorrow is the LAST chance for you to get our new course “Defending Champion” with a really massive 35% discount, saving about a huge USD $42. You just have to use the code “defend35” when purchasing the course. If you don’t know how to use a discount code, please see here.
Defending Champion chess course

As I said earlier, defense is a very important chess skill. At least in about 50% of a chess game, we need to defend. Many players struggle to get out of hard positions, and crumble under pressure. If you study this course carefully, you will be able to defend correctly against all level of players.

Even someone like YOU, an RCA student, has admitted this truth in the comments section of our previous article:
RCA studentLet me emphasize the statement with a practical example – the third game between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin in the recent World Chess Championship match.

Carlsen – Karjakin
Carlsen vs Karjakin Game-3
Black to play

Carlsen is a pawn up, and he played 66.Ng4+, trying to win the Black’s e7-bishop. White has a clear advantage, but Black can generate counter-play with the h-pawn, and his King may run to the queenside. If Black King or Rook manages to capture the White’s b3-pawn, then the game will end in a draw.

Can you find a way for Black to save the game? Can you think like Karjakin – the ‘minister of defense’? :)

The game continued as follows: 66…Kf7 67.Re6 Rxh3 68.Ne5+ Kg7 69.Rxe7+ Kf6 70.Nc6 Kxf5
Carlsen vs Karjakin Game-3
White to play

Karjakin gave up his bishop and got an outside passed pawn for compensation. As said above, Black’s main goal is to capture the b3-pawn and draw the game with a great satisfaction. However, White still has chances to win the game. Yes, Carlsen missed a golden opportunity to win the game here. Can you find it? :)

Yes, the World Champion missed the winning move 71.Re1! We can clearly understand that sometimes, the PERFECT DEFENSE is what all we need to stay alive in the game, escape with a draw from tough positions.

Note: you can see the complete analysis of Game-3 here.

Karjakin’s defense would have definitely impacted Carlsen’s psychology and winning confidence, as the latter failed to find the winning move. Thus, we can see that even though our defense does not directly save us from the game, the process is ‘indirect’ – breaking our opponent’s confidence to win. :)

You can learn everything about the psychology of defense, active defense and counterattack, simplification in chess, how to consolidate and save lost position, and lots more from our course “Defending Champion”.
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Don’t forget to use the coupon “defend35” and save about USD $42 (35% discount!)
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What can you learn from our chess course “Defending Champion”?

In my previous article, I wrote that we’ll be launching a new chess course called “Defending Champion” soon. The authors of this course are FM Marko Makaj (our guest coach) and myself (Igor Smirnov). Also, we gave a little preview (video lesson) for the course, if you missed it, you can find it here.

Today I’d like to share with you a few more details of the course and how it will help you master the art of defense! :) First, you can find the cover image of the course below:
Defending Champion

Who can study the course?


The course is suitable for beginners and intermediate level players, but it will be helpful for advanced level players, too. Even if your ELO is 1900+ (or even 2000+), this course will help you improve your defending skills and you’ll learn some new things. Therefore, anyone can study this course.

Why “defense” is important?


Defense is a very important chess skill. At least in about 50% of a chess game, we need to defend. In some games, we play with Black pieces and White makes the first move, and for that reason, White has the opportunity to start the attack/initiative.
Defending ChampionIn some other occasions, one will make a mistake and he or she is forced to defend. Thus, defense is as important as attack. After all, that’s how Sergey Karjakin manged to survive some of the early games of the recent World Championship against Magnus Carlsen. :)

What can you learn from the course?


If you carefully study the course, then you will be able to defend correctly against all level of players. You will learn a lot of new ideas and at the end of the course, you’re provided with the right way of thinking. We’ll give you a complete system which you can apply, for sure, after the study of the course.

Course contents


  • No. of video lessons – 15
  • No. of practical parts – 9
  • Course duration – 305 minutes
  • There are almost 100 analyzed games in the practical part

P.S. Stay tuned, guys, for we’ll release the course soon! :)

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