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superking500

people say carlsen only waits for his opponet to make a mistake.... lol

 

if it was that easy, then you can be ranked number 1 in the world.. right, all you got to do is wait for your opponet to blunder

ivandh

The winner is the one who makes the second-to-last blunder. -Tartakower

TetsuoShima

ivandh is always serious!!!

TheGrobe
superking500 wrote:

people say carlsen only waits for his opponet to make a mistake.... lol

 

if it was that easy, then you can be ranked number 1 in the world.. right, all you got to do is wait for your opponet to blunder

Yes, but he is also waiting for you to blunder.  The real key is outwaiting him.

falcogrine

you have to actively improve your position too, not just wait.

TetsuoShima
falcogrine wrote:

you have to actively improve your position too, not just wait.

WEll i consider myself happy if i only could make many moves without making my position worse.

TetsuoShima

im not sure i think you could become GM by managing to not make your position worse.

TitanCG

People say lots of things.

falcogrine
TetsuoShima wrote:
falcogrine wrote:

you have to actively improve your position too, not just wait.

WEll i consider myself happy if i only could make many moves without making my position worse.

me too! but at the GM level, passive play gets punished

landwehr

better still wait for your opponent to die!

Kencorp40

I don't see how that is an insult. The mistakes people make at his level are usually ever so slight that only a top player would even be able to notice and then take advantage. 

These people who make these claims are most likely using an engine just to follow Magnus' games

WoodyNYC86ST

what makes the game great is that every game is unique even with similiar openings-if we are to get better we must learn to sacrifice a piece to gain an advantage-

ilikeflags

it's not true, ivandh is rarely serious.