No, Nadal is only the best on his favorite surface; red clay.
Carslen is the best on every surface; wood, glass, marble, stone etc.
No, Nadal is only the best on his favorite surface; red clay.
Carslen is the best on every surface; wood, glass, marble, stone etc.
as far as style goes, I think Andy Murray is a much better comparison. Nadal is an aggressive baseliner. you will never see magnus take risks or play gambits, he plays as boring as possible to wait for opponent to make a mistake.
Andy Murray = counterpuncher, waits for mistake from opponent to make a mistake
Carlsen = positional chess, waits for opponent to make a mistake
I think they have a similar style of play .
Will see the paralelisms:
- When they were young they used to play a more agressive game than nowadays. U can see videos of Rafael Nadal in 2004 and u can check a game less conservative , same happen with Carlsen , when he was younger used to play more agressive, u can see here a crazy opening by carlsen in 2003.
- They like to play long games . In the case of Nadal he has a good physical , allowing to him win most matches of 5 sets. In the case of Carlsen , is the key of this game, just have to watch candidates tournaments or the victories over Anand in WCC 2013.
- They practice a very conservative game but very profitable . They start to have problems when they face against a player like Kramnik or Djokovic because they doesn´t make strategic mistakes and defense as well as them .
- They are not creative players, they are tenacious.