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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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 Posted - 30/11/2018 : 17:55:57
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Congratulations Magnus Carlsen!
https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/magnus-carlsen-won-the-chess-world-championship-again-but-something-has-changed
"In his native Norway, he is a major celebrity: the final game of the last world championship, in 2016, drew a fifty-six-per-cent share of the Norwegian television audience.
And, strictly speaking, Carlsen made a wise decision. He blew through Caruana during the tiebreaks, winning all three rapid games played. Still, there was some pathos in the result. The contrast between this Carlsen and the one Carlsen himself admired, the one of a few years ago, is stark. In that 2013 championship, in the final game, Anand offered Carlsen a draw—a result that would have assured Carlsen of the title. But Carlsen declined. He wanted the win. (The game ended in a draw anyway.) “He likes to play, he likes to win, and he had the better position,” Kasparov had told The New Yorker’s D. T. Max after the match. 'He’s a maximalist like Fischer, and he expects to fight to the death.' " |
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