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| The highest rated Bronx Bomber? |
The top rated chess player in the World spent the end of August in New York City, teaching and playing blitz at a
Chess NYC camp, while seeing the city and meeting other prominent players. After one lecture, he answered some serious questions. Here is one particularly great reply.
What advice would Magnus Carlsen give to a beginner?
Just have fun, play games, a lot if you want,
read chess books. That’s the way I went about it in those years. It was
never really a system. I worked from the age of nine with a trainer once
a week but I would also just sit at home with the board and some chess
books. And I think it’s a healthy approach not to study the openings too
much. I think studying the openings is useful but getting an
understanding of the game, learning tactics is more important. And the
way I did it back in those days is that I read books on some openings,
not necessarily the entire book but some things that interested me. Then
the next week I’d go to a tournament and try it out and see how it
goes.
Read the full article and more interesting Q & A at
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