Magnus Carlsen comes second in Bilbao tournament

The seventeen year-old played world champion Vishy Anand to a draw on Saturday. This put him in second place in the competition, winning him a prize of more than NOK 500,000 (USD 100,000).

The first prize was won by Veselin Topalov from Bulgaria.

“Magnus did very well in this tournament. At one time he was in the lead, but then he lost two matches in a row. This is what pushed him out of the lead,” says Carlsen’s teacher Grand Master Simen Agdestein to news bureau NTB.

Last Friday the 17 year-old made history when he topped the unofficial chess world ranking. No 17 year-old has until now held this position, not even Bobby Fischer or Gary Kasparov.

“Carlsen is in the process of establishing himself in the elite of world chess players. A tournament like this is a wonderful opportunity to train against the very best players in the world,” says Agdestein.

Carlsen has been a great chess talent since he was nine. In 2004, he became the world’s youngest grand master at the age of 13.

Source: http://www.aftenposten.no/

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