There is an interesting book called Fighting Chess with Magnus Carlsen, which is written by GM Adrian Mikhalchishin and Oleg Stetsko. The book was written in 2012 and features many of his games before he became world champion.
Here is a summary of the introduction:
At 10 years old Magnus was taught by Torbjorn Ringdal Hansen and later Grandmaster Simen Agdestein, and it was Agdestein who kept him from becoming Norwegian Champion until 2006.
Magnus' father contacted Garry Kasparov in 2005 to help train his son, but no agreement was reached, and instead Magnus worked with Danish Grandmaster Peter Heine Nielsen, who was also teaching Vishy Anand at the time. Magnus helped Vishy to prepare for his World Championship match against Kramnik in 2008.
At this time, Kasparov said "Carlsen still needs to raise his understanding to match up with his energy and optimism."
However Arshak Petrosian warned his pupil Peter Leko "Here is your future rival, you should observe his play very carefully. He is already quite a strong positional player, and his places his pieces correctly - a rare quality for such an age."
Magnus began working with Garry Kasparov in 2009 and Kasparov said Magnus' style was close to that of Karpov, Smyslov and Capablanca.
Magnus won the Nanjing tournament in 2009 and 2nd placed Topalov said "I was the winner among people, but Carlsen is simply from another planet!"
There is an interesting book called Fighting Chess with Magnus Carlsen, which is written by GM Adrian Mikhalchishin and Oleg Stetsko. The book was written in 2012 and features many of his games before he became world champion.
Here is a summary of the introduction:
At 10 years old Magnus was taught by Torbjorn Ringdal Hansen and later Grandmaster Simen Agdestein, and it was Agdestein who kept him from becoming Norwegian Champion until 2006.
Magnus' father contacted Garry Kasparov in 2005 to help train his son, but no agreement was reached, and instead Magnus worked with Danish Grandmaster Peter Heine Nielsen, who was also teaching Vishy Anand at the time. Magnus helped Vishy to prepare for his World Championship match against Kramnik in 2008.
At this time, Kasparov said "Carlsen still needs to raise his understanding to match up with his energy and optimism."
However Arshak Petrosian warned his pupil Peter Leko "Here is your future rival, you should observe his play very carefully. He is already quite a strong positional player, and his places his pieces correctly - a rare quality for such an age."
Magnus began working with Garry Kasparov in 2009 and Kasparov said Magnus' style was close to that of Karpov, Smyslov and Capablanca.
Magnus won the Nanjing tournament in 2009 and 2nd placed Topalov said "I was the winner among people, but Carlsen is simply from another planet!"