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Will Magnus Carlsen be able to break 2900?

Will Magnus Carlsen be able to break 2900 sometimes in the future?Yes!No!Who is Magnus Carlsen? Chess daily news from Susan Polgar

Superstar media coverage

Nå er det tid for revansjeNettavisen – 3 days ago… etter seieren mot Levon Aronian mandag. Tirsdag diskuterte den kjente sjakkbloggeren Susan Polgar om Carlsen kan gå over 2900 – les bloggen hennes her.Magnus Carlsen fikk ikke revansjePublisert 18….

Interview with a major Norwegian Chess Blog

Susan Polars syn på Magnus:For å få litt variasjon her inne så spurte jeg, i et eksklusivt mini-intervju for blo’fansen, Susan Polgar om hennes betraktninger rundt Magnus sin seier i Moskva. Susan trenger ingen nærmere presentasjon. Men for å si …

Norwegian Chess Festival 2012

Norwegian Chess Festival 2012 Welcome to the second Norsk Sjakkfestival (Norwegian Chess Festival) at Norway’s new “chess hotel” Quality Hotel & Resort Fagernes, with a central placement in Southern Norway, 2½ hours from Oslo airport.Th…

Norwegian Chess Festival 2012

The Norwegian Chess Festival 2012WITH THE OPEN NORWEGIAN CHAMPIONSHIPFagernes April 28 – May 5Welcome to the second Norsk Sjakkfestival (Norwegian Chess Festival) at Norway’s new “chess hotel” Quality Hotel & Resort Fagernes, with a central…

Sadler wins Oslo by 1.5 pt!

Final top 15 standings 1 Matthew Sadler GM ENG 2625 8.0 2 Sipke Ernst GM NED 2581 6.5 3 Jon Ludvig Hammer GM NOR 2601 6.0 4 Frode Elsness IM NOR 2491 6.0 5 Victor Mikhalevski GM ISR 2542 6.0 6 Serg…

Sadler wins Oslo with room to spare

Standings after 9 rounds 1 Matthew Sadler GM ENG 2625 7.0 2 Jon Ludvig Hammer GM NOR 2601 5.5 3 Sipke Ernst GM NED 2581 5.5 4 Frode Elsness IM NOR 2491 5.5 5 Sergei Tiviakov GM NED 2647 5.5 6 Serge…

Sadler dominates in Oslo

Leaders after 6 roundsFull standings here: http://turneringsservice.sjakklubb.no/standings.aspx?TID=OsloChessInternational2011-AkademiskSjakklubb 1 Matthew Sadler GM ENG 2625 5.5 2 Sergey Volkov GM RUS 2614 4.5 3 Sipke Ernst GM NED 2581…

Ernst, Mikhalevski, Sadler lead Oslo after 4

Standings after 4 rounds 1-3 Sipke Ernst GM NED 2581 3.5 1-3 Victor Mikhalevski GM ISR 2542 3.5 1-3 Matthew D Sadler GM ENG 2625 3.5 4-10 Jon Ludvig Hammer GM NOR 2601 3.0 4-10 Nick E De Firmian GM USA 2516 3.0 4-10 S…

2 remain perfect at Oslo Chess International after 3

Leaders after 3 rounds 1 Sipke Ernst GM NED 2581 3.0 2 Victor Mikhalevski GM ISR 2542 3.0 3 Matthew D Sadler GM ENG 2625 2.5 4 Geir Sune Tallaksen Østmoe FM NOR 2443 2.5 5 Jon Ludvig Hammer GM NOR 2601 2.5 6 Nick E De Firmian …

2 remain perfect at Oslo Chess International after 3

Leaders after 3 rounds 1 Sipke Ernst GM NED 2581 3.0 2 Victor Mikhalevski GM ISR 2542 3.0 3 Matthew D Sadler GM ENG 2625 2.5 4 Geir Sune Tallaksen Østmoe FM NOR 2443 2.5 5 Jon Ludvig Hammer GM NOR 2601 2.5 6 Nick E De Firmian …

Oslo Chess International 2011

Oslo Chess International 2011 Norway, 2 – 9 October 2011Players list on the bottom Organizers: Hans Olav Lahlum and Akademisk Sjakklubb Oslo. Playing venue: Thon Hotel Ullevaal Stadion, Address: Sognsveien 77c, Oslo, Norway.A large hotel and con…

Oslo Chess International 2011

Norway, 2 – 9 October 2011
Top players list on the bottom Organizers: Hans Olav Lahlum and Akademisk Sjakklubb Oslo. Playing venue: Thon Hotel Ullevaal Stadion, Address: Sognsveien 77c, Oslo, Norway.
A large hotel and conference centre, right …

Higher earnings

Chess genius Carlsen doubles money August 3, 2011 Norwegian chess star Magnus Carlsen’s company more than doubled its income between 2009 and 2010 thanks to improved sponsorship deals, new figures have revealed. The board of the company tha…

Carlsen replaces Anand at the top

Current LIVE FIDE rating list # Name Rating +/− Games Age 1 Carlsen 2820.8 +5.8 10 20 (30.11.1990) 2 Anand 2817.0 0.0 0 41 (11.12.1969) 3 Aronian 2804.8 −3.2 4 28 (06.10.1982) 4 Karjakin 2788.0 +12.0 10 21 (12.01.1990) 5 Kramni…

Carlsen interviewed by Johan Golden on Norwegian television

Caption in English is available (by CGthorski), just click on the cc button on the bottom of the video screen.Chess daily news from Susan Polgar

Tiviakov wins in Fagernes

TIVIAKOV WINNER OF NEW NORWEGIAN CHESS FESTIVAL IN FAGERNES Øystein Brekkeorganizer of Norsk SjakkfestivalFavourite Sergey Tiviakov, European champion of 2008, won the main group of the Open Norwegian Championship 2011 in the charming small town of …

Gylne Tider – Let It Be

Norweigan video promo for the show ‘Gylne Tider’ (Golden Times)Chess daily news from Susan Polgar

Magnus turns 20

Happy Birthday to Magnus Carlsen, the young chess phenom from Norway!Chess daily news from Susan Polgar

Nakamura wins BN Bank Blitz

Nakamura vant en spennende BN Bank Blitz-finale!I en langt mer spennende finale enn mange hadde fryktet, ble det til slutt lynfantomet Hikaru Smallville Nakamura som trakk det lengste strået i BN Bank Blitz 2010! Simen Agdestein gav Nakamura kamp til …

Skipping the usual route

ON CHESSPhenom forsaking usual title routeSaturday, November 27, 2010 02:53 AMThe Columbus DispatchChess and other competitive heroes often fight their most difficult battles away from the playing area.So it might be for Magnus Carlsen, whose ascent t…

Minister of Culture congratulates Tromsø

http://tromso2014.noThe Norwegian Minister of Culture Anniken Huitfeldt congratulates the City of Tromsø which was awarded the 41st Chess Olympiad in 2014.“ I am very pleased that the general assembly of the international chess association, FIDE, ch…

Norwegian chess column

GM Agdestein’s column in the largest newspaper in NorwayVG mandag 15.11.2010Til RedprodFra Simen AgdesteinJeg er inhabil, siden det er meg som er trener der, men sjakklinjen på Norges Toppidrettsgymnas er et fantastisk tilbud for sjakkspillere i gymna…

Sjakk OL markering

Sjakk OL markeringLørdag 13. november kl. 11:00 til 14:00, Rådhuset i TromsøSjakk OL inviterer til åpen dag med fokus på barn og unger.I forbindelse med at Norge og Tromsø har blitt tildelt Sjakk-OL i 2014 inviterer Tromsø kommune, Norges Sjakkf…

The Norwegian West Texas Adventure

Here is the link to 125 pictures from Palo Duro Canyon, the Big Texan, Cadillac Ranch, etc.Here is the link to 110 pictures from this fun and exciting adventure at Carlsbad CavernsChess daily news from Susan Polgar

And the 72oz show down begins

And the clock is ticking…With about 7 minutes left, Alf gave up.Chess daily news from Susan Polgar

The Norwegian Big Texan show down

One of the Norwegian student chess players (Alf Goran Jakobsen) is trying out the 72oz steak at the Big Texan in Amarillo, Texas. His family is watching the action LIVE at www.BigTexan.com. He is on both webcam 1 (direct cam) and 2 (overhead cam).GM Ag…

A model chess champ?

A model chess champion?Posted: Sunday, Nov. 07, 2010Magnus Carlsen is emerging as a spiffy dresser through no original design of his own. As the result of a considerable advertising campaign by G-Star, the Dutch clothing designer and producer, his fash…

Magnus’ letter to FIDE

To: FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov & FIDE World Championship Committee.Reference is made to the ongoing World Championship cycle.(ChessBase)The purpose of this letter is to inform you of my decision not to take part in the planned Candidate Matc…

Chess great Carlsen boycotts Championship qualifier

Chess great Carlsen boycotts Championship qualifierNov 5, 2010 12:16 PM By Lennart Simonsson, Sapa-dpaNorwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen on Friday said he has decided not to enter next year’s qualifications for the 2012 World Chess Champions…

Celebration after Tromsø wins Olympiad 2014 bid

A toast with Norwegian Minister of Culture Ms. Anniken Huitfeldt and former FIDE VP Morten Sand – Mayor of Tromsø making a toastChess daily news from Susan Polgar

Breaking News: Tromsø wins 2014 Olympiad bid!

Breaking News: Tromsø wins 2014 Chess Olympiad bid!Norway’s campaign was officially launched during the 2008 Dresden Chess Olympiad where Tromsø 2014 had a large stand, which presented the Norwegian bid with both videos and brochures, and an offici…

Promoting Tromsø Chess Olympiad 2014

At the Tromsø Chess Olympiad 2014 booth in Khanty-Mansiysk.Chess daily news from Susan Polgar

Tromsø 2014 video

Tromsø Chess Olympics 2014 – Seven Reasons Why from HKTromso on Vimeo.Chess daily news from Susan Polgar


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