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Indian Grandmaster Parimajaran Negi said this of Magnus
"Carlsen is a psychologist”, writes Negi.
"He understands a secret of chess – that sometimes, however well you play and calculate, if a freak, brilliant tactic ruins your position, you’re dead. So he’s always in control – he’ll first prevent your counterplay, and then go about improving his position. Of course, when he’s pushed against the wall, particularly with black, he can just as easily enter unexpected complications, but no more than he needs to. He doesn’t try to play the best move in the position, but the best move against the opponent. At the same time, he does whatever needs to be done – never getting hung on to emotional aspects of the position such as its aesthetics, or how the position was two moves back.”
http://www.chessdom.com/magnus-carlsen-is-a-psychologist/
Do you agree with this?