Magnus is the greatest master of strategy (long term plan), but Giri is obviously more subtle (positional tactics) in dry positions and Ding is a better calculator (tactics in general).
Magnus reminds me of Karpov with Kasparov's stamina. So, intuition, and the ability to concentrate for hours of competition a day and not tire out.
I don't believe he is not the best calculator. If engines have shown anything it is that tactics and calculation rule the game. The fact that he is less reliant on opening-advantage (which is memory-based) means he must be out-calculating his opponents. Endgames especially rely on very accurate calculations and what do we see? The best calculator wins. With bullet, blitz. You play on pattern recognition and quick calculation and again Carlsen wins. It is no surprise Nakamura is magnificent at puzzle rush and I am sure Carlsen would be too.
Only in a world in which pruning is conceptually separated from calculating can you make an argument that Carlsen is not better in calculating, only in pruning. This would seem artificial to me since any calculation needs an eval-function and pruning is related to that function.
Only in a world in which pruning is conceptually separated from calculating can you make an argument that Carlsen is not better in calculating, only in pruning. This would seem artificial to me since any calculation needs an eval-function and pruning is related to that function.
The difference between Magnus and the others is his endgame skill. He manages to win drawish endgames, just like Fischer and Capablanca.
@tpr Sure, except he does this from Bongcloud.
Btw... Wonder how influential Kasparov was on his style. It's still a bit of mystery.
Btw... Wonder how influential Kasparov was on his style. It's still a bit of mystery.
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