Posts tagged with “Carlsen”

Matt Damon and Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen and Matt Damon, indeed they do look like each other. Check out this April Fool's prank from Chessbase.

April 08 2010
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Magnus Carlsen in action during Round 3 of Corus A 2010.

Photo credit: Chessbase

January 19 2010

Alexandra Kosteniuk relates how she defeated the young and promising Magnus Carlsen.

January 15 2010
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Partipants for Corus 2010 Group A. Certainly, Magnus Carlsen is the favorite here. Reports from ChessVibes.

January 14 2010

This is their third meeting in two months

Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura will meet for the third time in three months. After playing the BNbank blitz and the London Chess Classic, the two young stars will face each other at Corus 2010.

January 13 2010
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Magnus Carlsen: The 19-Year-Old King of Chess

An interview by Time Magazine.

January 12 2010

Magnus Carlsen is No. 1; Wesley So Reached No. 77

The young kid from Norway, GM Magnus Carlsen, has finally achieved his goal, i.e., to top the FIDE ratings list. Through the help of the great Garry Kasparov, the next on his list would definitely be the World Crown. We have to watch out for that. Check out the Top 100 FIDE Ratings list from this chessbase article.

On the other hand, with his impressive performance in the World Chess Cup 2009, Wesley So increased his ELO Ratings to 2656, to reach as high as No. 77 in the ratings list. This could have been the highest so far achieved by a Filipino.

Congratulations to Carlsen and So.

January 04 2010

Magnus Carlsen Losing His Magic?

The young Magnus Carlsen finds himself tied at the fourth place after round 4 in the Tal Memorial 2009 tournament.

All games were drawn, except one: Vladimir Kramnik beat Peter Svidler in an Exchange Grünfeld that looked quite effortless on the part of the former World Champion. Magnus Carlsen, it was revealed, is suffering from a throat infection and has played his last three games with A fever. The Norwegian is now on antibiotics.

Chessbase

Was it really the infection or he's just lost his magic from his super performance at Nanjing?

In the November 2009 Official FIDE Rankings List, Carlsen was No. 2, nine ELO-points behind Veselin Topalov at 2801, already broke the 2800 barrier. Read More »

November 10 2009