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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
CHECK MAGNUS November 16, 2009 The chess world has a new No.1 player, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, and he is only 18 years old - the youngest No.1 ever. On Saturday, Carlsen beat No.11 Peter Leko of Hungary in the final round of a tournament in Moscow. Although Carlsen only tied for second in the tournament, it was enough for him to edge out Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria for the top world ranking. Topalov,...
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Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Very deep opening preparation and powerful middlegame play brought Viswanathan Anand a deserved victory againt Peter Leko today. The World Champion leads the Tal Memorial together with Vladimir Kramnik, who drew with Boris Gelfand – the same result as in the other three games. The Tal Memorial takes place November 4-18 in Moscow, Russia. The category [...]
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
World's youngest GMs Friday, October 23, 2009 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES 1. Sergey Karjakin UKR 12 years, 7 months, 0 days 2. Parimarjan Negi IND 13 years, 4 months, 22 days 3. Magnus Carlsen NOR 13 years, 4 months, 27 days 4. Bu Xiangzhi CHN 13 years, 10 months, 13 days 5. Teimour Radjabov AZE 14 years, 0 months, 14 days 6. Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 14 years, 0 months, 17 days 7. Wesley So PHI 14 years, 1...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Magnificent Magnus By Lubomir Kavalek Special to The Washington Post Monday, October 12, 2009; 9:55 AM Magnus Carlsen will likely remember the Second Pearl Spring double-round elite tournament in Nanjing, China, for the rest of his life. The 18-year-old Norwegian superstar notched the greatest triumph of his young career, winning the event last week and outclassing the opposition. He left his nearest...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Here is my unofficial calculation with some help from Chessdom.com: 1. Sergey Karjakin 12 years, 7 months, 0 days 2. Parimarjan Negi 13 years, 4 months, 22 days 3. Magnus Carlsen 13 years, 4 months, 27 days 4. Bu Xiangzhi 13 years, 10 months, 13 days 5. Teimour Radjabov 14 years, 0 months, 14 days 6. Ruslan Ponomariov 14 years, 0 months, 17 days 7. Wesley So 14 years, 1 month, 28 days 8. Etienne Bacrot...
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The Kenilworthian (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Phenomenal 18-year-old Super-GM Magnus Carlsen finished the Nanjing Spring tournament ( games at Chessgames ) with a win to give him an unbelievable 8 / 10 score for the event, leading his nearest competitor, world number one Veselin Topalov, by 2.5 points. With the win, Carlsen broke 2800 on the Live Ratings List , making him one of the few in chess history to have done so. He is now less than 8 points...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Zoltan Almasi sole leader at Marx Gyorgy after 4 rounds Almasi enters the 2700 club Report by Chessdom.com Zoltan Almasi , the third strongest Hungarian grandmaster after Peter Leko and Judit Polgar, is having a fantastic home event at the Gyorgy Marx memorial . With victories against Gangualy and Acs (with black) and Safarli (with white), and only one draw against Georg Meier, Almasi is top of the...
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Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
Nanjing chess 2009 live games and daily news on Chessdom (pairings added) Nanjing Pearl Springs 2009 begins on Monday, the 28th of September in China. It is the first event of the Grand Slam and will feature Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), and Wang Yue (China). As every major chess event, Nanjing will...
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