ChessReads

Grind Like a Grandmaster

Magnus Carlsen, David Howell

4.002 ratings1 review
  • Difficulty: Advanced
  • Category: Thinking process
  • Rating: 1800-2000
  • 2023
  • Chessable
  • Magnus Carlsen, David Howell
  • Pages: 208
  • Physical & Digital
4.002 ratings1 review
  • 5 stars0 (0%)
  • 4 stars2 (100%)
  • 3 stars0 (0%)
  • 2 stars0 (0%)
  • 1 star0 (0%)

What do you think?

Review by: jsain

Here is one of Carlsen's most famous grinds. I remember studying this game with my coach after losing half a point three times in a single tournament! The game is Magnus Carlsen - Sergey Karjakin played at the Tata Steel Group A in 2013. It's Carlsen's turn on move 54. The game ended 39 moves later. How would you evaluate the position? Is Magnus better? Winning? Would you be confident with white?

Chessmind is a great learning platform where you can answer positional questions and get instant feedback. It recreates lesson conditions, and comes close to having a chess coach! Try it out!

  • jpdou12223

    Great material. The games selection is impeccable. Analysing them really helped me understand chess endings better. The comments, however, could be more thorough. Not magnus missed an opportunity to engrave his name amongs the great player authors in chess history (Alekhine, Tal, Botvinnik, Kasparov, Fischer, etc.). He doesn’t really allow us into his mind. Would have been a great opportunity to explain his divine understanding of chess endgames which would have made it a unique piece of chess litterature.

Related reviews

Browse Reviews