10/18/2017 – In February, 2018, there may be an unusual exhibition match held between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, playing Chess960 (also known as Fischer Random). The competition is planned for the Hening Onstad Art Center in Bærum, Norway. It's funding is not yet fully secured, but Carlsen's manager is confident. | Photos: Alina L'Ami
new: Fritz 20
Your personal chess trainer. Your toughest opponent. Your strongest ally. FRITZ 20 is more than just a chess engine – it is a training revolution for ambitious players and professionals. Whether you are taking your first steps into the world of serious chess training, or already playing at tournament level, FRITZ 20 will help you train more efficiently, intelligently and individually than ever before.
Your personal chess trainer. Your toughest opponent. Your strongest ally. FRITZ 20 is more than just a chess engine – it is a training revolution for ambitious players and professionals. Whether you are taking your first steps into the world of serious chess training, or already playing at tournament level, FRITZ 20 will help you train more efficiently, intelligently and individually than ever before.
The course is designed to provide a deep yet practical repertoire for Black, balancing solid foundations with aggressive counterplay.
€39.90
Chess960 with the World Champion
Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura will put on show playing Chess960 next February, Norwegian media site Budstikka.no reports. The competition is planned as a supporting program for an exhibition by the photographer Dag Alveng at the Hening Onstad Arts Center in Bærum, a municipality near Oslo, where Carlsen grew up. The exhibition contains references to chess and the photographer himself is obviously also a chess fan — at least he is listed with FIDE, albeit with no rating or tournament history.
Hening Onstad Arts Centre in Bærum, Norway | Google Maps
The idea for this competition came from the former president of the Norwegian Chess Federation, Jøran Aulin-Jansson, together with the artist. The budget for the match is estimated at 3 million NOK, about 320,000 euros. The municipality of Bærum wants to provide half of the amount. The prize money for the two players should also be raised by sponsors.
The competition's funding is not yet secured, but at least Magnus Carlsen is apparently open to the idea, according to his manager Espen Agdestein.
"He will play in a tournament in January, and Magnus likes to play a lot of chess, so this is a good time", Agdestein is quoted as saying.
Nakamura won the unofficial "Chess960 World Championship" as part of the Mainz Chess Classic in 2009, defeating Levon Aronian in a four-game match 3½-½.
"There are no contracts signed yet, but the winner does not get poor", says instigator Aulin-Jansson, noting that the support of the local government gets the match a long way towards being realized. It's also not certain whether the games will be played in the Art Centre or elsewhere.
Close-up view of Hening Onstad Arts Centre | Google Streetview
The photographer Dag Alveng, born in 1953, exhibits his work in many major museums around the world. His paintings are part of the permanent exhibitions at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Folkwang Museum in Essen, the Sprengel Museum in Hanover, the Stedeijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, the museet for velvet art in Oslo and last but not least the Henie-Onstad art center in Bærum. Alveng has also published a series of books and organized numerous exhibitions. Between 1986 and 1996 he shuttled constantly between New York and Oslo. He currently lives in Oslo.
Scarcely any world champion has managed to captivate chess lovers to the extent Carlsen has. The enormously talented Norwegian hasn't been systematically trained within the structures of a major chess-playing nation such as Russia, the Ukraine or China.
London System Powerbase 2026 is a database and contains in all 11 285 games from Mega 2026 and the Correspondence Database 2026, of which 282 are annotated.
The London System Powerbook 2026 is based on more than 410 000 games or game fragments from different opening moves and ECO codes; what they all have in common is that White plays d4 and Bf4 but does not play c4.
In this course, Grandmaster Elisabeth Pähtz presents the London System, a structured and ambitious approach based on the immediate Bf4, leading to rich and dynamic positions.
Opening videos: Open Spanish (Sipke Ernst) and Classical Sicilian (Nico Zwirs). Endgame Special by Igor Stohl: ‘Short or long side’ – where should the defending king be placed in rook endgames? ‘Lucky bag’ with 35 master analyses.
YOUR EASY ACCESS TO OPENING THEORY: Whether you want to build up a reliable and powerful opening repertoire or find new opening ideas for your existing repertoire, the Opening Encyclopaedia covers the entire opening theory on one product.
The Queen’s Gambit Declined Exchange Variation with 5.Bf4 has a great balance between positional play and sharp pawn pushes; and will be a surprise for your opponents while being easy to learn for you, as the key patterns are familiar.
€9.90
We use cookies and comparable technologies to provide certain functions, to improve the user experience and to offer interest-oriented content. Depending on their intended use, analysis cookies and marketing cookies may be used in addition to technically required cookies. Here you can make detailed settings or revoke your consent (if necessary partially) with effect for the future. Further information can be found in our data protection declaration.
Pop-up for detailed settings
We use cookies and comparable technologies to provide certain functions, to improve the user experience and to offer interest-oriented content. Depending on their intended use, cookies may be used in addition to technically required cookies, analysis cookies and marketing cookies. You can decide which cookies to use by selecting the appropriate options below. Please note that your selection may affect the functionality of the service. Further information can be found in our privacy policy.
Technically required cookies
Technically required cookies: so that you can navigate and use the basic functions and store preferences.
Analysis Cookies
To help us determine how visitors interact with our website to improve the user experience.
Marketing-Cookies
To help us offer and evaluate relevant content and interesting and appropriate advertisement.
