Magnus Carlsen explains his approach to chess

[AdminX]

"Since my collaboration with Kasparov, my strategy is as follows: At a time when all players prepare themselves with software, my goal is not to see if my computer is better than my opponent's. In the openings, I just need to reach a position that gives me play. The idea is to be smart rather than trying to crush the other. I try to figure out where he wants to take me and I do my best to not put myself in positions where I could fall into his preparation. I try to play 40 or 50 good moves, and I challenge my opponent to do as much. Even if the position is simple and seems simple, I try to stay focused and creative, to find opportunities that lie within."

http://en.chessbase.com/post/magnus-car ... h-to-chess

[chetday]

"Since my collaboration with Kasparov, my strategy is as follows: At a time when all players prepare themselves with software, my goal is not to see if my computer is better than my opponent's. In the openings, I just need to reach a position that gives me play. The idea is to be smart rather than trying to crush the other. I try to figure out where he wants to take me and I do my best to not put myself in positions where I could fall into his preparation. I try to play 40 or 50 good moves, and I challenge my opponent to do as much. Even if the position is simple and seems simple, I try to stay focused and creative, to find opportunities that lie within."

http://en.chessbase.com/post/magnus-car ... h-to-chess

Thanks for sharing Carlsen's strategy and the link to a very interesting interview. I expect him to be champion for a long time because he seems to have a level head and a balanced approach to life and chess.

[S.Taylor]

This is wonderful.
A huge amount of his genius is simply common sense and systematic approach. And, a healthy outlook.
I'm not saying that these things are small things either!

[arturo100]

"Since my collaboration with Kasparov, my strategy is as follows: At a time when all players prepare themselves with software, my goal is not to see if my computer is better than my opponent's. In the openings, I just need to reach a position that gives me play. The idea is to be smart rather than trying to crush the other. I try to figure out where he wants to take me and I do my best to not put myself in positions where I could fall into his preparation. I try to play 40 or 50 good moves, and I challenge my opponent to do as much. Even if the position is simple and seems simple, I try to stay focused and creative, to find opportunities that lie within."

http://en.chessbase.com/post/magnus-car ... h-to-chess

Thanks for sharing this link. I found quite interesting the point he made about Kasparov capability to find patterns in the the style of his opponents.
About this, I was wondering if something can automatized in this search. Certainly, a tree of games can be useful to study openings, but does the rest need to worked out going through the games one by one? No possibility to get at least a partial computer help over here?

[AdminX]

"Since my collaboration with Kasparov, my strategy is as follows: At a time when all players prepare themselves with software, my goal is not to see if my computer is better than my opponent's. In the openings, I just need to reach a position that gives me play. The idea is to be smart rather than trying to crush the other. I try to figure out where he wants to take me and I do my best to not put myself in positions where I could fall into his preparation. I try to play 40 or 50 good moves, and I challenge my opponent to do as much. Even if the position is simple and seems simple, I try to stay focused and creative, to find opportunities that lie within."

http://en.chessbase.com/post/magnus-car ... h-to-chess

Thanks for sharing this link. I found quite interesting the point he made about Kasparov capability to find patterns in the the style of his opponents.
About this, I was wondering if something can automatized in this search. Certainly, a tree of games can be useful to study openings, but does the rest need to worked out going through the games one by one? No possibility to get at least a partial computer help over here?

That would be a very useful feature, if a program could find patterns and point out those patterns in a opponents game style without having to look for them manually. Chessbase comes close with opening reports.