Fight Like Magnus By Im Cristof Scileiki

World Champion Magnus Carlsen has an astonishing record playing the Sicilian. Since 2011, he has been unbeaten with it in classical time controls!

Black’s most combative response to the king pawn opening is, along with 1…e5, the Norwegian’s main weapon.

As a measure of importance, 1…c5 served as Carlsen’s go-to counterattack during his successful 2018 world title defense against Fabiano Caruana.

A message from the champ:

Everyone knows I rate the Sicilian highly, especially the Sveshnikov line. In this new course, IM Sielecki explains many critical lines from my games. He created a coherent, fighting repertoire. My team and I are always pushing the boundaries of chess theory. After studying this course, you’ll be set to discover the next novelty together with me. Enjoy!

– Magnus Carlsen, Nov 2019

Who better to base your game on than one of the greatest, perhaps the greatest, Sicilian players in history?

In the first collaboration between Chessable and our partner platform chess24, Fight Like Magnus: The Sicilian reveals the secrets of Carlsen’s elite-level repertoire that is centered around his pet Sveshnikov line.

IM Christof Sielecki, aka ChessExplained, has mined the champion’s entire career playing the Sicilian to produce a complete repertoire packed with the strongest, most active choices.

Lock ‘n load Carlsen’s Sveshnikov!

These are Carlsen’s preferred moves – plus a few extra suggestions, fine-tuned by IM Sielecki himself.

The course consists of 12 main chapters dealing with all White’s responses, model games, and a ‘Quickstarter Guide’ to get you underway fast. Sidelines and sub-optimal moves are examined as well – not just 30 elite move lines!

COURSE INCLUDES: ‘Quickstarter Guide’ – a selection of the 40 variations that you should learn first to get a full overview of the Sicilian. It has all the information that you need to play it in your games, as the most frequently played lines are selected. It also features extensive explanations about ideas and concepts, serving as an introduction to the typical middle games.

All the major choices are have been played by Carlsen himself, showing his belief in the merit of the line, and are fully-explained with insights from IM Sielecki.

But this full repertoire course is not merely copying Carlsen’s lines.

IM Sielecki’s Magnus Opus

IM Sielecki has painstakingly hunted down what his subject considers the key moves he plays in the matches that matter.

In London in 2018, during the world championship, Carlsen played seven games with the Black pieces against Caruana, and all of them featured the Sicilian.

More than 20 hours of video instruction