Magnus Carlsen's Most Instructive Games

”…not the first book devoted to the reigning World Champion, but it is one of the better ones” - IM John Donaldson, USA Team Captain“the author states that the primary aim of the book is to introduce readers to major chess themes and ideas. There is no doubt in my own mind that he achieves this, and that players of all levels will benefit from this book. … one needs someone with the playing strength and communicative skills to hold our hand and bring a game to life. Kravtsiv achieves this and I hope to read more of his work in future.” - Carl Portman, Chess Book Reviews“Each game has its own theme. For example, Carlsen-Karyakin, Bilbao 2016 is ‘Prophylaxis’ - preventing a threat that doesn’t exist yet. All in all a great book” - B.H.Wilders, Nederlands Dagblad“For players eager to improve their understanding, this book is most welcome … the author has succeeded in presenting the various themes in a clear way. An excellent textbook” - Herman Grooten, schaaksite.nl

Martyn Kravtsiv is a grandmaster from Lviv, Ukraine. His tournament results include tied first places at Cappelle in 2012 and the 2015 Ukrainian Championship. He represented his country at the 2017 World Team Championship and was a coach for the team that won silver medals at the 2016 Olympiad.