Endgame Virtuoso Magnus Carlsen vol. 2

Magnus Carlsen's brilliant play in the finals is one of the key reasons for his success. The world champion can win positions that look like boards, and he's able to save bad positions more than any other player.

For this second volume of Magnus Carlsen Endgame Virtuous, international master Tibor Karolyi selected the best Carlsen finals from 2018 to 2022, while the first volume covered 1999-2017. When reviewing these new games and explaining Magnus' game, the author was completely impressed. Even Carlsen, who in 2017 was already the best finals player of all time alongside Karpov, had managed to further improve his skills.

Carlsen has everything. He can find deep insights, play very technically and is exceptionally versed in strategic and tactical endings. The author is convinced that this new selection contains even better and more instructive pieces than the first volume.

Karolyi explains the general ideas of the games and offers specific variants. By exploring these annotated endings, you'll soon get a good idea of what's going on. You'll find that Carlsen doesn't hurry unless he has to. You'll learn how Carlsen builds the pressure and uses all available resources. And you'll see that, sooner or later, your opponents will start making secondary moves, they'll feel uncomfortable, they'll continue with some dubious decisions and eventually break up.

Endgame Virtuous by Magnus Carlsen - Volume 2 it's a very instructive, inspiring and entertaining book. It will help you appreciate the magic of Magnus' endgame and improve your skills in this important phase of the game.

It 's Tibor Karolyi is an international master, a former hungarian champion, a prolific chess author and a renowned coach. For New In Chess, he wrote about Karpov and Carlsen.