How did Magnus Carlsen win his first World Chess Championship at just 22 years old? In Road To World Champion, IMs Rudolf and Guramishvili analyse all the crucial games behind Carlsen’s success. Get instant access with 35% off. â–ºhttps://ichs.co/2BU3JJY
Magnus Carlsen’s impressive rise to the very top of the chess world rightfully drew a lot of attention. At just 22 years old, Carlsen became the second youngest World Champion in history, just five months older than the legendary Garry Kasparov had been when he’d become champion. It set up years of domination, as in the next year, he retained his title against Anand, won both the 2014 World Rapid Championship and World Blitz Championship, and reached the highest peak rating in history at 2882 Elo.
What must have made the victory all the sweeter was that the road to becoming the champion by defeating Vishy Anand in Chennai had not been an easy one! In fact, Magnus Carlsen almost didn’t make it through the Candidates tournament when he faced some stern opposition.
In this video, chess24 favorite presenters IM Anna Rudolf (Miss Strategy) and IM Sopiko Guramishvili (Miss Tactics) sit down to analyse one of the crucial games in Carlsen’s road to becoming the champion.
It was the 2013 Candidates Tournament, and a round 6 game against super grandmaster Peter Svidler. During the tournament, Carlsen had 4 games as Black out of 6, and still managed to score a very impressive 4.5 points!
In this game, Peter Svidler tried a very nice idea in the Ruy Lopez, playing a novelty on move 15 with Bc2. This move leads to some very dynamic and complicated play where White wants to focus an attack on Black’s kingside even at the cost of a weakened pawn structure, and the cost of a pawn (no small sacrifice at this top level!)
In this exclusive preview at iChess.net in collaboration with chess24, Anna and Sopiko will explain all the ideas and variations behind this novelty, and indeed the full game, explaining clearly how the Norwegian managed to eke out a sublime victory as Black and gain a crucial point in his road to becoming the World Chess Champion.
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