What is the best move for Black ?

Black to play

Once again, going through the main motifs/candidate moves + a bit of calculation are necessary here ( no opening book or ending manual is needed; Chess engines will find the right move instantly)...

December Tactical Position : Candidate Moves

White to play

The Rook in e1 is attacked by the knight in d3. Three choices

a) I am playing Re2
b) I am playing Re3
c) I am playing Rxe4

and with the best play with White, what is your assessment of the position ?

Take your time

The Key Move : Black to Play

Black to play

Can you navigate this complex middle-game ? Black has coordinated her pieces and is not afraid of going into tactics.

GM Carlsen: Three Attacking Games

In this post, I present three games from Carlsen played in 2010.
You can replay the games here :

http://theory.top10chess.com/template1.html

Game 1: Carlsen - Vallejo Pons Olympiad 2010. Sicilian Attack

Game 2: Nisipeanu-Carlsen 0-1 Kings tournament. Sicilian Dragon

Game 3: Ponomariov-Carlsen 0-1 Kings tournament. King's Indian Saemish.

To sum up: 3 sharp middle-games where Carlsen beats strong chess Grandmasters. The interface for the games display is pgn4web


For older Carlsen Games, please go to the following (interface is PgntoJS) :
http://games.top10chess.com/carlsengames.htm