Carlson and the age old opening question

Originally posted by Marinkatomb
Is it just me, or is Carlson defeating the top GM's in the World without an opening repertoire? Don't get me wrong, Carlson has deployed many openings over the years with great success. He has obviously studied this phase of the game but recently he seems to have thrown away the book to a certain extent. Take his recent game against Kramnik in London for ...[text shortened]... relevant, this kid is going to beat the winner and hog the limelight for a decade at least!

Originally posted by Chandradi
Whats happeing in the lONodn so far?

Originally posted by philidor position
I'll have to ask, what is the thing with spelling the name as Carlson instead of Carlsen? Is it how it's spelled in Norwegian or any other language?

Originally posted by wormwood
it's carlsen. nothing more to it. if he was swedish or finnish he might be carlson or karlson or even karlsson. but norwegian 'son's of carl' are carlsens. unless they're swedish immigrants, which is also the case of american carlsons.

Originally posted by nimzo5
Having both Kasparov's analysis/novelties and his own seperate strengths makes Carlsen extremely difficult to play right now. Most impressive to me is that Carlsen beat Kramnik at his own strength, positional play.

Originally posted by sonhouse
Are you guys saying Carlsen is or was a student of Kas? Or just analyzes his games because Kas is so strong?

Originally posted by philidor position
Carlsen has been working with Kasparov for almost a year now.

you know, he's been over 2770 since July 2008. Wasn't a long way from there. Yeah, I know it's much more on that level but still. Not a long way for a genuine genius.

Originally posted by heinzkat
the name is CARLSEN dudes

Originally posted by philidor position
I'll have to ask, what is the thing with spelling the name as Carlson instead of Carlsen? Is it how it's spelled in Norwegian or any other language?

Originally posted by heinzkat
the name is CARLSEN dudes

Originally posted by Chandradi
One spelling mistake. You will be posting a 100 posts when I tIping 🙂

Originally posted by Ice Cold
Carlsen is one of the bright spots in modern day play IMO.

If we are being pedantic it's Harry Weinstein.

In the game in question, Magnus (see how I avoided the surname trap)
will not looking at computer evaluations as they can be misleading
if there are no tactics in the position.

This ability to create problems for your opponent even in the most tepid
looking positions is the sign of a good chess player.

He a proven tournament player. Match play, especially a World Title Match
is a different ball game. No reason to think he will stumble here but if he has
a weakness then a match v Anand or Kramnik will expose it.

Kasparov's experience in this field will benefit him greatly when the time comes...
....and it will.

Originally posted by heinzkat
Among Topalov, Kramnik, Anand, Ivanchuk, Jakovenko, Gelfand, ...