Bronznik/Giddins: The Lazy Man's Sicilian - Attacking White with the Basman-Sale Variation topmaterial What makes Magnus Carlsen the

What makes Magnus Carlsen the strongest chess player in the world

2 times Olympic silver medalist

Transposing into minor piece endgames

In 1921 he won the world championship by defeating Emanuel Lasker and in the same year he wrote this book (under the original title 'Fundamentos del Ajedrez')

How to build an opening repertoire

Bronznik/Giddins: The Lazy Man's Sicilian - Attacking White with the Basman-Sale Variation topmaterial What makes Magnus Carlsen theThe Basman Sale Variation is a relatively unexplored weapon for Black in the very popular Sicilian Defence. Its advantages are clear: it is surprising, aggressive and easy to learn. After the perfectly normal moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Black lashes out with 4Bc5! English IM Michael Basman and Croatian IM Srdjan Sale were the pioneers of this cunning opening system. Compared to the complexity of mainstream Sicilian variations it