This came through the wire:
Norwegian chess player Magnus Carlsen (15) won the Glitnir Blitz 2006 chess tournament held in Reykjavík this week. Bjarni Ármannsson CEO of Glitnir presented the prize to Carlsen Thursday evening. This was an exciting and surprising end to the tournament, which is one of the worlds strongest blitz tournaments of this year. Carlsen beat Icelandic grand master Hannes Hlífar Stefánsson in the final match. Carlsen won the first leg of the final match as Stefánsson made a blunder and also won the second game after an electrifying run against the clock.
Many of the world´s strongest chess players had been eliminated by Carlsen and Stefánsson. Among them were Viswanathan Anand, world’s number two ranked chess player, world champion in rapid chess and Judt Polgar, strongest women´s chess player in the world. Anand has been unbeatable in rapid and blitz events in the last years, and Magnus Carlsens convincing victory 2-0 against Anand is an amazing feat for the 15 year old Norwegian, one that has drawn worldwide attention. This amazing genius is correctly called the Mozart of Chess.
Carlsen´s performance at the Glitnir Blitz recieved deserved attention, especially when he beat the Israeli grand master Sergey Erenburg in the quarter finals after he was in a tie position. He received roaring applause from the audience, which were several hundred at the tournament.
The Glitnir Blitz is an open chess tournament and a part of an International Chess Festival in Reykjavík from March 6-18, that started with the XXII. International Reykjavík Open Chess Tournament. Reykjavík had 70 grand masters of 40 nationalities visiting Iceland and over 200 people participated in the Glitnir Blitz.
Here are some of the links courtesy of Akselborg:
http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=28
http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=32
http://skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=19&Itemid=
http://skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=blogcategory&id=8&Itemid=33
http://skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=18&Itemid= 
Fantabulous! Now if we could just convince him to move to America to further his chess career. Hold on…I swear I thought I just saw a pig fly over my home? Oh well, America will just have to wait for the next Morphy, Pillsbury or Fischer to come along. In the meantime, we can all appreciate what is unfolding from Norway, true chess genius!
He’s talented and not so arrogant like Nakamura. That’s why he gets invitations to more big tournaments than Nakamura.
Well, Susan, you could call your sister Judith, who had a perfect score in the first part of the competition …
This is the official site:
http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=32
Copying something from the result page:
“Carlsen’s victory in the Glitnir blitz 2006 tournament was a very convincing one, and he played like a true champion the whole time through. It will not be a big surprise if he, within a few years, is crowned world champion.”
He he.
I think Magnus is starting to mature into a real chess force! Victor Korchnoi has said that of all the young Masters he is the most talented. Nakamura is immature and too full of himself. He was recently quoted as saying “Im not Bobby Fischer”! Naka we know haha.
TFK
Akselborg, can’t bother her during the event 🙂
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
http://www.SusanPolgar.com
Looking at that picture that heads the article, I will say they have a strange way of eating salads in Iceland. Enjoy Bobby.
Calsen’s victory in blitz has not much to do with chess, but with lady luck, as you said before. Carlesn could never defeat Anand 2-0 in a classical chess match. At least not in the next few years, until Anand grows a beard. I saw people even commenting games played using blitz. Is it worth it? I mean Botvinnik said blitz was wasting your time. And he was a World Champion. In blitz, I would beat Anand at least once in a hundred games.
Carlsen is without a doubt going to be world champion before he’s 21, I’d wager on it. He seems like a nice kid too so I wish him all the best, hope he keeps up performances like this!
Magnus is a genius, nothing left to be said