What is Magnus Carlsen weakness?

Magnus Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion and a Norwegian chess grandmaster.

Carlsen is an excellent technician, arguably the greatest chess player of all time, and the overwhelming favorite in the rematch.

Magnus Carlsen has no weakness except poor social skills and a tendency to explode under pressure.

He has tilt issues, to use poker terminology. Sports psychologist Jared Tendler defines “tilt” as “anger + bad play” in his seminal book, The Mental Game of Poker.

In short, you lose your mental equilibrium and begin to play below your best, frequently making costly errors. Tilt can be caused by a variety of factors, and Tendler defines seven types of tilt.

The Tilt Carlsen has is known as “Entitlement Tilt.” Entitlement tilt occurs when you believe you should be winning more than you are, and you begin tilting because you believe you are being denied your due.