“我得到过的最好建议”精选集

世界排名第一的国际象棋棋手

    我先前的教练西蒙·阿格德斯特恩曾是挪威最好的棋手。我10岁时，他对我说过一段很简单、但非常管用的话：他说，我应当不断地打破新的屏障。我当时下得还算不错，但总是习惯用同样的开局和对局。他鼓励我朝远看。最初我并不成功，但过了一段时间，我开始采用其他的开局了。有一次我在锦标赛中惨败，很是沮丧。第二天，我就决定尝试一种对我而言全新的开局方式——法兰西防御，并赢得了我在很长一段时间内最漂亮的一场胜利。西蒙的建议让我更加全面。我不再固守某一种模式，而是变得变化多端。

Magnus Carlsen

No. 1 ranked chess player in the world

    My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway. I was 10 years old at the time, and he said something that was simple but very helpful: He said I should break new barriers all the time. I was doing relatively well, but I had fallen into a pattern of playing a lot of the same openings and positions. He encouraged me to look further. At first I was not successful, but after a while I started to play other openings. I suffered a bad loss at a tournament and was extremely upset. The next day I decided to try a completely new opening for me -- the French Defense -- and won my best game in quite a while. Simen's advice made me versatile. I don't just stick to one set, but many.