Magnus Carlsen's mastery of the middlegame is astonishing, even by the standards of World Champions. But how did this power develop, and what can the rest of us learn from it? Magnus Carlsen's Middlegame Evolutionallows the reader to celebrate the brilliance of the highest-rated chess player in history while learning from his example. With insightfully annotated games, Ivan Sokolov takes us inside the mind of a chess genius.