
Magnus Carlsen's attacking style
Magnus Carlsen is currently in the lead of the Tata Steel Wijk Aan Zee tournament.
He's been playing in active style, winning games fairly quickly with initiative and tactics.
Let's go back to a game he played in similar style against Ding Liren, who belongs to the top 10 in the world, currently #3.
Carlsen chose the King's Indian Attack set-up in this game
This is something former World Champion Robert James Fischer chose frequently .
Now onto the tactical phase
White to play
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can you find the move played by Carlsen ?
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Magnus played 1.Bxh6!
Ding Liren declined to take on h6 and played f7-f5, but he had no real chance to save the game.
Here are possible variations
Solution
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If you would like additional tactics positions to "play like Magnus", here's the video link with 5 positions to solve !