Fortune favours the brave – Spectator.co.uk
If you wish to unsettle your opponents, first attack them and second, play the moves quickly. Its far from easy to pull it off, but nobody does it better than Ian Nepomniachtchi.
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Magnus Carlsen | Norwegian chess player | Britannica
Magnus Carlsen, in full Sven Magnus en Carlsen, (born November 30, 1990, Tnsberg, Norway), Norwegian chess player who in 2013, at age 22, became the second youngest world chess champion. Britannica Quiz Check and Checkmate Quiz What is the standard design for chess sets used in competition?
Continue ReadingMagnus Carlsen chess games – 365Chess.com
Bio Magnus Carlsen was born in Tnsberg, Norway on November 30, 1990.Since childhood, he was trained by the master Simen Agdestein achieving incredible results being considered the Mozart of Chess.He was the youngest player to reach first position in the ranking at the age of 19 and at 22 he was the youngest player to reach 2800 ELO.
Continue ReadingGM Magnus Carlsen (MagnusCarlsen) – Chess Profile
Play Puzzles Learn Today Connect More Sign Up Log In Search Help Ask a Question Report Abuse Make a Suggestion Billing Issues Report a Bug GM Magnus Carlsen Norway Joined Aug 26, 2010 Last Online 16 days ago Views 968,244 Followers 48,324 Points 0 Titled Player Diamond Member Clubs (1)
Continue ReadingVidit Chess Tour: Aronyak and Gukesh in the final – Chessbase News
Besides the Champions Chess Tour, aVidit Chess Tour is taking place as a qualifying event for the tour organized by the Magnus Carlsen Group.This online tournament is being played as a knockout on March 4-7 with 16 playersfrom Indiaon the chess24 platform. The participants qualified to the event by playingpreliminaryblitz tournaments. The first two players from each blitz open tournament qualified tothe knockout tournament.
Continue ReadingTop five chess experts to watch on Twitch – InvenGlobal
Source: TSM Chess is a growing category on Twitch, due in part to the exploding interest in the game following the release of the Netflix mini-series Queens Gambit.
Continue ReadingChess: Carlsen tries again to overcome tournament victory drought – Financial Times
As reigning worldchampion and as an all-time great, Magnus Carlsen expects to contend for tournament first prizes wherever he competes, so the Norwegians current victory drought stretchingback to his 30th birthday in November has concerned his supporters.
Continue ReadingLearning from the Great and the Good 20/21 Gameweek 26 | Fantasy Football Tips, News and Views from Fantasy Football Scout – Fantasy Football Scout
You dont understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender, I couldve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am. The biggest Double Gameweek in history ended in disappointment for many with heavy hitters failing to hit, bench boost blow outs and a drab set of performances in midweek
Continue ReadingThe fine line between respect and fear at the chessboard – Washington Times
Theres a fine line in chess between healthy respect and crippling fear even when youre the best player in the world. Norwegian world champ Magnus Carlsen is usually the intimidator at the chessboard, but it was U.S.
Continue ReadingWesley So beats Magnus Carlsen again to win Opera Euro Rapid – chess24
I'd like to apologise to Magnus for ruining his Valentine'sDay," said Wesley So after defeating Magnus Carlsen in the final of theOpera Euro Rapid after also beating him in the Skilling Open final on the WorldChampions 30th birthday. Wesley won the first game of the day after amisjudged sacrifice, but Magnus had great chances to hitback in Games 3 and 4 if hed trusted his intuition and sacrificed at the rightmoment. Teimour Radjabov finished 3rd after a shocking blunder by MaximeVachier-Lagrave cut the 3rd place match short.
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