Mikhalchishin/Stetsko: Fighting Chess with Magnus Carlsen

Autor: Mikhaltsichin, Adrian; Stetsko, Oleg
Verlag: Olms
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Sprache: English
Buchumschlag: book
Seiten: 280

His Best Games annotated by Adrian Mikhalchishin and Oleg Stetsko. Translated and edited by Ken Neat. Approx. 320 pp with many diagrams.

Now firmly established among the world's elite, the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen has been setting records ever since he embarked on his chess career. He became a grandmaster at the age of just 13, and in 2010 he became the youngest player to be ranked No.1 in the world.

This book presents detailed annotations to 64 of Carlsen's best games, together with a description of his career. Also examined are the deficiencies from which he suffered as a young player, and how he overcame these on his way to the top.

Adrian Mikhalchishin , born in 1954 in Lvov, grandmaster since 1978, is currently one of the five best trainers in the world and is chairman of the FIDE trainers commission. In the 1980s, the Ukrainian coached the national teams of the USSR, Slovenia, Poland and the Netherlands. In addition Mikhalchishin was Anatoly Karpov's coach (1980-1986) and also coached Zsuzsa Polgar, Alexander Beliavsky, Maja Chiburdanidze, Arkadij Naiditsch and Vassily Ivanchuk.

280 pages, paperback, 2011