Carlsen pressured to defend titleAugust 25, 2014 Russian officials are threatening to effectively strip chess world champion Magnus Carlsen of his title if he fails to defend it in Sochi in November. Carlsen, exhausted after this month’s Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, is already on his way to another tournament in the US and hasn’t committed […]
Raising the World’s Best Player
CHECK MATES | Magnus, at his office in Oslo, with his mother, Sigrun, and father, Henrik, a keen chess player himself who developed his son’s skills at an early age by not playing down to his level.Photography by Colin Dodgson for WSJ. Magazine Magnus Carlsen’s Parents on Raising the World’s Best Chess Player The family […]
Unfair description?
Business Standard’s description of World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen: He is a “22-year-old dropout who lives in the basement of his parents’ house and spends his time teasing his three sisters. His Facebook profile is studded with umpteen pictures of pickup beach volleyball and soccer games.” Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Aiming for the triple crown
World champion Carlsen eyes Dubai world titlesMENAFN – Khaleej Times – 15/06/2014 (MENAFN – Khaleej Times) Matches in the shorter versions of the sport (rapid and blitz) in dubai begin at 3pm. Magnus Carlsen will be the main draw along with his arch rival and good friend Viswanathan Anand during the third FIDE world rapid […]
Key to Magnus’ success
Here’s The Key To Magnus Carlsen’s Success As A Chess GrandmasterRandy Olson, ContributorJun. 9, 2014, 8:59 AM For the fifth installment of my series of posts analyzing a data set of over 650,000 chess tournament games ranging back to the 15th century, I wanted to focus in on Magnus Carlsen and try to understand what […]
The importance of recovering emotionally after the World Championship loss
Winning Candidates was like oxygen, says Anand Thursday April 17,2014,New Delhi: Five-time winner Viswanathan Anand feels he had become too “reliant” on computers last year and losing the World Championship was an extremely “testing” period for him but the Candidates win was like “oxygen” as it earned him the right to play a rematch against […]
Carlsen, just a regular guy
OSLO — It’s a rainy day in Norway‘s capital, and a fire is burning in the luxurious building of investment bank Arctic Securities. Next to the hearth, a chessboard reminds us that the organization is a proud sponsor of new world chess champion Magnus Carlsen. Lounging on a couch, with part of his shirt untucked […]
It was not easy getting used to the fact I wasn’t world champion
It was not easy getting used to the fact I wasn’t world champion: Viswanathan Anand Former chess world champion Viswanathan Anand said he suffered from ‘withdrawal symptom’ after losing his crown to Magnus Carlsen last year. He tells NDTV how his son helped him recover from depressing moments. NDTVSports | Last updated on Wednesday, 02 […]
“Experts” too quick to write Anand’s chess obituary
SANDS: Anand in command as candidates tourney nears chess finaleBy David R. SandsThe Washington Times Tuesday, March 25, 2014 The chess world may have written off the ex-champ a little too soon. Indian Grand Master Viswanathan Anand, who lost his crown in a demoralizing match to new Norwegian champ Magnus Carlsen late last year, was […]
Is Carlsen’s worldwide recognition a game changer for chess?
Carlsen’s fame a game-changerMarch 19, 2014 In the four months since he was crowned world champion last November, 23-year-old Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen has taken on billionaire businessmen and world leaders, snared a modelling contract with a trendy denim label, and launched a signature chess smartphone app designed to open up the game to […]