Two months after Magnus Carlsen, the reigning five-time World Chess Champion, announced that he would not defend his title next year because he prefers tournament play, he made a shocking exit from a major tournament, the Sinquefield Cup. The Norwegian grandmaster’s withdrawal came after a surprise loss to an American, Hans Niemann, earlier this month, which ended his 53-game winning streak in classical chess.
That would have caused a stir in itself, but Carlsen opened the door to feverish speculation when he tweeted about quitting and attached a video...
That would have caused a stir in itself, but Carlsen opened the door to feverish speculation when he tweeted about quitting and attached a video...
- 9/14/2022
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
Red Army Sony Pictures Classics Reviewed for Shockya by Harvey Karten. Data-based on Rotten Tomatoes. Grade: B+ Director: Gabe Polsky Screenwriter: Gabe Polsky Cast: Slava Fetisov, Vladimir Pozner, Viktor Tikhonov, Alexei Kasatonov, Vladimir Krutov, Vladislav Tretiak, Scotty Bowman, Anatoli Karpov, Lawrence Martin, Lada Fetisov Screened at: Review, NYC, 1/8/15 Opens: January 23, 2015 When the modern Olympic games were established, the idea was that countries of various stripes would get together, the participants and fans getting to know one another better, and lo, everyone would be singing Kumbayah. Things turned out differently, as the Olympic games became yet another competition among the various nations, the Nazi government in 1936 using [ Read More ]
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- 2/11/2015
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
He gives nerds a good name. Magnus Carlsen was crowned the new world chess champion on Friday, ousting Indian champ Viswanathan Anand by a score of 6.5-3.5, which offered him the highest rating of all time. At 22, Carlsen, of Norway, is the second-youngest world champion and has already earned the nickname as the game's Harry Potter from former chess master and coach Garry Kasparov, who called his talent "limitless" in a column for Business Insider. The youthful star, who looks like he could be related to Matt Damon, has already earned praise for adding new and modern appeal to the...
- 11/22/2013
- by Andrea Billups
- PEOPLE.com
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