Schachkalender: Who am I? Solution

12/24/2016 – Every year the German "Schachkalender" challenges its readers to a quiz. Under the heading "Who am I?" the "Kalender" gives biographical hints and asks for the name of a well-known chessplayer. This year we offered an English version of the quiz and searched for a player who once had been the number one of his country, had a famous student and was a professional in another sport. A lot of readers took part in the quiz, three won an issue of the ChessBase Magazine. Solution...

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Who am I? Solution

The player we were looking for is the Norwegian GM Simen Agdestein, will celebrate his 50th birthday on May 15, 2017.

Simen Agdestein (Photo: André Schulz)

Simen Agdestein was Norway's number one before Magnus Carlsen surpassed him. Agdestein had discovered Magnus' talent and had trained him as a junior. The Russian trainer mentioned in the quiz who later trained Carlsen, is Garry Kasparov, and Carlsen's manager is Espen Agdestein, Simen's brother. Simen Agdestein was a professional soccer player before a knee injury forced him to quit. In 1989 he preferred to play a chess tournament in Tilburg instead of going to a trial session of the soccer club Besiktas Istanbul. Agdestein is soccer coach of the Norwegian's girls team.

A lot of people found the right answer to the quiz and three of them win a copy of the current issue of the ChessBase Magazine. The three winners will be notified by email.