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London calling

11/30/2015 – So far, 2015 has not been a particularly good year for World Champion Magnus Carlsen. From a rating of 2862 in January 2015 he dropped to a current live-rating of 2834. Carlsen will hope to regain some points in the London Chess Classic 2015, the final leg of the Grand Chess Tour. The tournament will begin on 4th December, the pairings are out now.

Magnus Carlsen homestory in The Telegraph

11/28/2015 – The London Chess Classic will start in about a week and English journalist Nigel Farndale used this opportunity to visit and to interview World Champion Magnus Carlsen at his new house in Norway. With dry humor the World Champion talked about his career, love and infatuation, his elo-rating, his passion for soccer and the pros and cons of being a super-star.

Nine years of history

11/11/2015 – The Romanian Kings Tournament has a long tradition. The first edition was played in 2007. After nine years of prestige and a string of changes, the 2015 event faced rather challenging times from an international perspective. Alina l'Ami is stepping in and brings you an inspiring retrospective with annotations by Carlsen, Caruana, puzzles, photos and more.

Hans Olav Lahlum: organiser, novelist (2/2)

9/14/2015 – Hans Olav Lahlum is one of Norway's most prominent chess personalities. As TV commentator he helps to make the game popular and as organizer he helped Magnus Carlsen at the start of his career. In the second part of a detailed interview Lahlum talks about organizing chess tournaments, Magnus Carlsen and his career and how he managed to enter the Guinness Book of Records.

Hans Olav Lahlum: historian, organiser, novelist

8/31/2015 – The Norwegian Hans Olav Lahlum is a historian who published political biographies but also a series of successful and critically acclaimed crime novels. He is also a passionate chess player, organiser, and television commentator. In a detailed interview he talks about his chess career, crime writing and reveals why he loves to do the things he does.

Tromsø 2014 - One Year later

8/24/2015 – About one year ago the Chess Olympiad 2014 took place in Tromsø, Norway. After some troubles the olympiad turned into a real chess festival. With a surprising winner: in the open section the Chinese team won their first olympic gold. Norwegian Thomas Robertsen enjoyed the marvellous days of the olympiad and remembers intense and happy moments.

Magnus Carlsen proposes changes in WCh

8/12/2015 – Just over a week before the start of the Sinquefield Cup, Magnus Carlsen dropped a small bomb on his Facebook page when he commented, "I felt it important to share with you something I have been thinking about a great deal: the World Championship cycle format." He then follows by advocating a knock-out system as used in the past. What do you think?

Opposites attract: Carlsen and cars

7/15/2015 – He himself owns a Teslar. On a trip to Volkswagen, the biggest automaker in Germany and Europe, World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen got ride a 700 hp Lamborghini and visit the secret Volkswagen test site. There he took a spin with FIA World Rally Champion Sébastien Ogier in a 318 hp Polo and discovered that chess and rallying had more in common than you would think.

Carlsen blitzes blindfold clock simul

5/29/2015 – Carlsen did a blindfold exhibition in New York, blitzing three opponents in a clock simul, averaging three minutes per opponent. Normally, there is no video available from the conference because it is only open to paying attendees ($5000 admission fee) and a few invited guests. However, the video link has been made available to the public who can see the mindboggling exhibition.

John Forbes Nash, 1928–2015

5/24/2015 – In 1950 the 21-year-old mathematician John Nash submitted a Ph.D. dissertation on non-cooperative games – a concept that found use in economics, computing, evolutionary biology, artificial intelligence, and other fields. A week ago the Nobel laureate, in Norway to receive a special award, was introduced to Magnus Carlsen. On his return to New Jersey he was tragically killed in a car accident.

Wesley So: Life at the top (2/2)

3/3/2015 – In the second part of his extensive portrait of potential World Championship candidate Wesley So, Eliseo Tumbaga reveals that So and Magnus Carlsen once trained together and wonders how the career of the 21-year old will continue in 2015, if he will work with a professional coach, and how he will adjust to the new life as one of the world's best.

Wesley So: Life at the top (1/2)

2/26/2015 – Wesley So has always been a great talent, now he is seen as potential challenger for the World title. In the last two years the 21-year old has won 106 rating points and is currently number 7 in the world. In an extensive report Eliseo Tumbaga writes about So's new life at the top, the rivalry with Hikaru Nakamura, and the prospects of challenging Magnus Carlsen.

CBS news correspondent Bob Simon dies at 73

2/13/2015 – He was a giant of broadcast journalism, who over a 47-year career at CBS News earned more than 40 major awards, including 27 Emmys and four Peabodys. Bob Simon, who died tragically in a car accident on Wednesday night, covered most major overseas conflicts from the late 1960s to the present. In 2011 he did a wonderful 60 Minutes segment on chess, which you should watch again.

Having fun with the Mega (1)

12/16/2014 – Sure, with it's 6.1 million games the Mega Database invites work and research. You can prepare for opponents, find thousands of games played in the Najdorf or the Dragon, and check how 2700+ players treat the King's Indian, the Grünfeld, or the Sicilian. But you can also have a lot of fun. For instance, by enjoying the annotations of today's best players.

Carlsen analyzes the World Championship (2/2)

12/6/2014 – In the second part of Magnus Carlsen's overview of the second match against Anand, the world champion analyzes the key moments and his evaluations of the openings as well as the turning points in the games. He brings up the famous mutual oversight in game six, but as will be seen, Anand would have other opportunities later in the match. See Carlsen's analysis.

Carlsen analyzes the World Championship (1/2)

12/4/2014 – Shortly before his mega match against Norway, Magnus Carlsen took advantage of his presence in the NRK studios during his dinner break and decided to record his game-by-game summary of the World Championship match. The video was posted on his YouTube channel, which we have transcribed here with ample diagrams of key moments. It is a fascinating read.

NRK TV spectacular: Carlsen vs Norway

12/1/2014 – It was his 24th birthday, which Magnus Carlsen celebrated with a game of chess against the entire population of Norway. Using an app that people could download from Google Play or the Apple Store his opponents could play the World Champion, who was in the TV studios of NRK, the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company. Guess who won.

Anand vs. Carlsen: After the first match - Part II

11/6/2014 – Do you know how Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen scored in the five games they played against each other after their first match for the World Championship in 2013? In the second part of his review of the year between the two World title matches Sagar Shah answers this and other questions, providing a good prelude to the second duel between Anand and Carlsen.

Anand vs. Carlsen: After the first match

11/4/2014 – In the first match between Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen for the World title Carlsen clearly won 6.5:3.5. But does that also make him the favorite in their second match that will begin 7. November? To find out more about the mindset of Anand and Carlsen before their second match Sagar Shah took a look at the year between the two matches.

Magnus Carlsen: World Champion, Model, Actor?

11/3/2014 – Magnus Carlsen made a very successful career as a chessplayer, created headlines as a model, and now there are rumors that he might appear in Christopher Nolan's new movie "Interstellar", alongside Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Michael Caine. For Enzo Catalano it is the "most awaited movie of the year" and he speculates about Carlsen's role in it.

Friendly relations: Magnus Carlsen and Donald Duck

10/22/2014 – In Norway Magnus Carlsen is a hero. TV transmissions of chess events, in which he participates, attract hundreds of thousands of viewers, and popular culture also regularly pays tribute to Carlsen. And when the World Championship match begins in November, Norwegians will see their champion in the company of an old and familiar friend: Donald Duck.

World Blitz: Triple Crown Achieved!

6/20/2014 – It was not clear that it would happen until the last leg of the tournament, actually Carlsen was even trailing by half point for a significant portion of the day, but at the end of it the Norwegian holds the titles of World Champion, World Rapid Champion and World Blitz Champion! Nepomniachtchi and Nakamura were his only true competitors for the title. Full report.

Magnus vs Norway – with a little help

5/9/2014 – On Thursday World Champion Magnus Carlsen played a very special game of chess. He took on the entire Norwegian nation, from a shopping center in Oslo via the Internet. Three experts (grandmaster) proposed moves, the nation voted on them. At three points the opponents were allowed to consult a computer. The game has been described and annotated in a video by Daniel King.

Magnus Carlsen is shock player at club meet

4/26/2014 – Picture a club, which has an important chess match against a rival in the first division. The rival team has spent a considerable sum by bringing in heavy artillery to ensure it is the one to that comes out on top: GM Vladimir Georgiev. His opponent is undecided yet, but on a spur of the moment decision, an unexpected club member decides to take up the challenge.
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