Magnus Carlsen

One of the most important things in chess is pattern recognition: the ability to recognise typical themes and images on the board, characteristics of a position and their consequences.

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[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Radoslaw Wojtaszek"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/1B4k1/1p1r4/p1p5/P1P5/5PKP/6P1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... b5 2. cxb5 c4 3. Be4 c3 4. Kf4 ( { White can try: } 4. Kf2 c2 5. Bxc2 Rd2+ 6. Kg3 Rxc2 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 4... Rd2 5. b6 c2 6. b7 c1=Q 7. b8=Q Rb2+ 8. Kg4 Rxb8 { Black wins with a large material
advantage. } 0-1