Magnus Carlsen ranks the World Chess Champions
How does Magnus Carlsen rate his great predecessors as World Chess Champions on genius, entertainment, influence and sanity? We got to find out in a series of videos made for the New in Chess Classic, in which he assessed the 11th to the 16th World Champions, i.e. Bobby Fischer, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand and himself! He also looked at arguably the two greatest female players of all time, Judit Polgar and Hou Yifan, and rated the top player in each category going back to the likes of Jose Capablanca and Mikhail Tal.
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New in Chess Classic, SF2: Carlsen & Nakamura with shot at redemption
Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura meet in today’s final of the New in Chess Classic for their first match since the epic 7-day final of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour. “Both of us have a chance to redeem ourselves,” said Hikaru, aft...
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New in Chess Classic, SF1: Naka leads as Lev hits back to tie Magnus
Hikaru Nakamura leads Shakhriyar Mamedyarov going into Day 2 of the New in Chess Classic semi-finals after emerging victorious from a brutal four decisive games. There was just as much drama in the other match, with Magnus Carlsen t...
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New in Chess QF2: Carlsen & Nakamura on collision course
The first Carlsen-Nakamura match since the epic final of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour is on the cards after both players reached the New in Chess Classic semi-finals. Magnus said he “tried to play a lot more aggressively” as one fi...
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New in Chess Classic QF1: Aronian, Mamedyarov & Nakamura lead
Levon Aronian quipped,“generally I accept such things with humility and respect towards the chance, so I take it!” after Wesley So mouse-slipped away the first game of their quarterfinal. Levon survived an auto-queen scare to win 3:...
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Ding beats Nepo, Wang Hao retires as FIDE Candidates finally ends
406 days after it began on March 17th 2020, the FIDE Candidates Tournament is finally over. Ian Nepomniachtchi had won the prize that mattered with a day to spare, but was taken down by Ding Liren, whose 3rd win in a row saw him reg...
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New in Chess Classic: Carlsen does it again
Magnus Carlsen has won a 5th Meltwater Champions Chess Tour preliminary stage in a row, with the World Champion commenting, “I’m starting to perfect the art of getting the first seed without too much hassle”. He faces Teimour Radjab...
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New in Chess Classic, Day 1: Pragg off to flying start
15-year-old Praggnanandhaa was expected to face a baptism of fire on his debut on the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, but instead he beat Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Sergey Karjakin to finish the day on 3/5, tied for 4th place with Levon...
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Candidates 12: Giri ends Fabi’s dream | Nepo leads
Anish Giri won a 3rd game in 4 rounds to end Fabiano Caruana’s hopes of a World Championship rematch against Magnus Carlsen. The dramatic win might have taken Giri level with Ian Nepomniachtchi with two rounds to go, but Wang Hao mi...
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Candidates R11: Giri inspired as Nepo keeps Fabi at bay
Ian Nepomniachtchi took another big step towards a World Championship match against Magnus Carlsen when he gave Fabiano Caruana no chance in a draw in their Round 11 game of the FIDE Candidates Tournament in Yekaterinburg. Fabi stil...
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Carlsen-Karjakin as New in Chess Classic starts Saturday
Magnus Carlsen faces his 2016 challenger Sergey Karjakin as the New in Chess Classic, the 5th event on the $1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, kicks off on Saturday 24 April at 19:00 CEST. Other Round 1 clashes to watch out...
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