12-year old Magnus Carlsen’s amazing queen sacrifice

REMOTE CHESS ACADEMY

Attack is one of the most important and essential skills in chess. You cannot win a chess game if you
cannot attack. But many chess players don’t know where to attack and how to start an attack. The
right plan is required to deliver a proper and successful attack.

In this video lesson, you’ll see a great game played by the 12-year old Magnus Carlsen, where the
current World Champion had delivered a successful attack with an amazing queen sacrifice.

SUMMARY

1. Keep the tension (especially in the center) – when there is a possible exchange of pawns or pieces,
usually it is recommended to maintain the tension and not taking the exchange. (at 01:28 in the video)

2. Put your pieces to their best positions possible – the Knight maneuver (at 01:57) and the Queen-Bishop
battery (04:58) by Carlsen

3. When you have no threats from your opponent, focus on YOUR plan – White’s move Qh4 (at 07:00 in
the video)

4. Always place your bishops on an open diagonal or try to relocate from a bad diagonal – White’s move
e5 (at 07:37 in the video)

5. When all your pieces are active, look for tactical blows – the move Nh5+ by Carlsen (at 08:18 in the
video)

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 5 psychological mistakes in chess
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Illustrating chess psychology is quite hard. There is always ‘something’ more than just the game
moves. Chess players feel nervous before and/or during a game. This has serious implications for
your results.

“Your body has to be in top condition. Your chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate
body from mind”, a great quote from Bobby Fischer justifies the above statement.

Most chess players do not know how to handle those situations and as a result, they make some
mistakes – we call it the ‘psychological mistakes’. We’ve listed the top-5 psychological mistakes
below:

1. When people are only thinking about winning, they tend to avoid exchanges even if they
turn out to be better – White’s move Bf4 in the game (at 09:00 in the video)

2. Do NOT always try to force things – White’s move d5 in the game (at 11:31 in the video)

3. Do NOT oversee the present prospects of your pieces by thinking too much (or
overestimating) about their future prospects (at 12:56 in the video)

4. Do NOT waste moves by creating superficial attacks (or one-move attack) – White’s move
Ba5, attacking the queen and then again Bc3 (at 14:18 in the video)

5. Think twice before making your move. Consider all the plans of your opponent – White
played Rxe5 without seeing Black’s Rxf2 (at 15:36 in the video)

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 5 most important attacking principles
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“Attack is the best form of defense” is a well-known phrase, and it means that to attack or to strike
is the best way to protect oneself. Apparently, this applies to the chess game as well. However,
most of the chess players do not know HOW to deliver a successful attack.

Master the art of attack by following these 5 important attacking principles:

1. Include ALL your pieces (or at least most of them) in the attack – White’s move Ne2 (at
05:50 in the video)

2. Open the lines (files) for your pieces when you are attacking – White played g4 before Ng3
(at 08:30 in the video)

3. Always search for weak square (or weaknesses) in the opponent’s camp – White’s knight
on g5 targeting f7 and h7 squares (at 11:07 in the video)

4. Eliminate the key defender(s) of your opponent – White playing Rxe7 eliminating the knight
(at 13:09 in the video)

5. When all your pieces are active, look for tactical blows – the move Bxf6 by White (at 17:42
in the video)

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I wish you well-deserved success!

GM Igor Smirnov

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