Magnus Carlsen is the best chess player in the 1000s of years old history of chess. Man have class and nothing describes him well. I don't have to or need to introduce him so I will get straight to the opening.

This is common magnus carlsen scillian setup

black feels happy to take the pawn so white responds by

Shocked? Qc2? Blocking your own bishop? here is the quick show of what kind of setup white wants in this position

And ladies and gentlemen this simply is The Magnus Carlsen scillian defense. white puts the bishop on b2 and goes for quickly queen side castle. The only mistake players make is getting their queen tarped by pin so watch out for that. Another mistake that players make is hanging their e4 pawn. How? Let me tell you.
When you castled queen side earlier, the opponent will shoot you with pawns more early. one of the pawns could attack your knight that was protection e4 pawn and thus can lead to a loss of pawns.
These are some games that will teach you how to play this set up correctly. this is the kind of setup you can play in a variety of openings including some lines of phillidor defense.

This is the most accurate way. simply stockfish fighting stockfish

Ok now lets see some repeating patterns to be more familiar and comfortable with this opening
> Whites strategy: Whites main ideas to quickly develop the pieces, aiming for pawn breaks like b3 and g4. The bishop on b2 puts pressure on the d5 square and controls the long diagonal
> Blacks strategy: black needs to address the pressure on d5 and be carful not to weaken their light squares. Nc6 and Nf6 are common responses, while lines involve g6 or e5
> Assessment: The carlsen variation is a challenging and unbalanced opening that offers white good chances for active play. However, it requires accurate calculations and precise maneuvering to overcome blacks counterchess

2018 game between magnus and Radoslaw Wojtaszek

as you can you protecting pawn on f3 is important as black can play b4 on time. if black pushes b4 anyways, white can place the night away from the center on Na4. Now black would have no attack, no attack at all and hence white will win the game with activeness on the board

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