A Parent’s Guide to Chess

Let’s have a look at a position from a game played between Haakon Oksnevad and Magnus Carlsen at the Norwegian Championship Group Miniputt in 1999, when Carlsen, who had black, played his first serious tournament at the age of 9. His parents had to deal with success early on! It’s white’s turn on move 23. Is Carlsen better? How would you evaluate the position?

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