EP.206 - FM Carsten Hansen returns from Perpetual Chess Podcast

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EP.206 - FM Carsten Hansen returns

1 hour 19 minutes Posted Dec 15, 2020 at 12:00 pm.

What is Carsten doing to work on his own chess game?

Carsten answers a question from the Perpetual Chess Facebook Group- How does the chess scene in the US compare with that in Carsten’s native Denmark?

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Another listener question: What should I do to a make a new high on the chess.com tactics trainer?

What were Carsten’s favorite chess books of 2020?

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Carsten discusses self publishing and the chess book industry more broadly, including which of his books have resonated with readers the most.

What draws Carsten to the English opening? Why would he recommend it?

Another listener question: Is it challenging to work on a course/book with a co-author, as Carsten has on different projects with IM Christof Sielecki and GM Peter Heine Nielsen?

Another listener question: What led to the decline in popularity of the once popular chess site, ChessCafe.com?

Thanks as always to Carsten for joining the show! Here is how you can keep up with his many projects:

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Returning guest, FM Carsten Hansen, is one of the busiest chess authors in the business, as he writes a tactics column for Chess Life Magazine, a book review column for American Chess Magazine, and is a prolific chess author in his own right. Carsten has recently released a new book, Marvellous Modern Miniatures, and has also collaborated with popular co-author, IM Christof Sielecki for the Chessable course, Lifetime Repertoires 1.c4 1.Nf3 Part 1. As 2020 nears a conclusion, I thought it would be a great time to catch up with Carsten on his new projects, the year in chess books, and on his own dreams of attaining the IM title as he nears the age of 50. Please read on for more details and timestamps of all that we discussed.

Mentioned: Perpetual Chess Episode 84 with FM Carsten Hansen- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-84-fide-master-carsten-hansen/id1185023674?i=1000416496522 , GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Loek Van Wely, GM Alexander Stripunsky, Chess Life Magazine, Episode 81 with FM Peter Giannatos , GM Jens Kristiansen

Mentioned: Info on the online US Amateur team tournaments can be found here

IM Cyrus Lakdawala, Chess Tactics for Improvers Volume 1

Mentioned: Carsten’s Chess.com Article- My Favorite Books of 2020, Match of the Century, Rewire Your Chess Brain, My Chess World, Petrosian Year by Year, The Complete Chess Swindler, Chess for Tigers, Technical Decision Making in Chess, Timman’s Triumphs, Emanuel Lasker Volume 2- Choices and Chances, Bobby Fischer and His World, A Modern Guide to Checkmating Patterns, Logical Chess Move by Move

https://www.chessable.com/lifetime-repertoires-1-c4-1-nf3-part-1/course/53985/

Mentioned: Catastrophes and Tactics in the Chess Opening, Chess Book Collectors Group

Mentioned: IM Christof Sielecki

Mentioned: Stockfish 12

Mentioned: Hanon Russell, GM Karsten Muller, GM Lev Alburt, GM Tony Miles, GM Hans Ree, GM Susan Polgar, FM Chris Despasquale

Website- https://www.winningquicklyatchess.com/

Twitter- https://twitter.com/CazHansen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Facebook- Carsten Hansen | Facebook

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