...and Magnus Carlsen who defended his World Chess Championship title yesterday in Sochi, Russia. Carlsen won in
the eleventh game, 6½-4½, rendering the twelfth game unnecessary. Not bad for a 23 year-old!

He was sick as a dog (fever) for the last two games as well

Anand struggles with nerves. That's why he lost. He did a great match this time, compared to last year.

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He was sick as a dog (fever) for the last two games as well

Anand struggles with nerves. That's why he lost. He did a great match this time, compared to last year.

You mean Vissy or Carlsen did a great match this year?

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He was sick as a dog (fever) for the last two games as well

Anand struggles with nerves. That's why he lost. He did a great match this time, compared to last year.

You mean Vissy or Carlsen did a great match this year?

Vichy did way better this year, but the nerves made it difficult for him.

The game Anand won was masterfully played.

Then again, Carlsen is a master at tiring out his opponents.

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He was sick as a dog (fever) for the last two games as well

Anand struggles with nerves. That's why he lost. He did a great match this time, compared to last year.

You mean Vissy or Carlsen did a great match this year?

Vichy did way better this year, but the nerves made it difficult for him.

The game Anand won was masterfully played.

Then again, Carlsen is a master at tiring out his opponents.

Ah nice to know: when I have some serious time (will be in '15) I will have a look at all the moves.
You play?

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He was sick as a dog (fever) for the last two games as well

Anand struggles with nerves. That's why he lost. He did a great match this time, compared to last year.

You mean Vissy or Carlsen did a great match this year?

Vichy did way better this year, but the nerves made it difficult for him.

The game Anand won was masterfully played.

Then again, Carlsen is a master at tiring out his opponents.

Ah nice to know: when I have some serious time (will be in '15) I will have a look at all the moves.
You play?

I used to, but these days I've had a little revival I'm not very good, though.

And I thought this thread was going to be about Norway's lovely new passport design

Congrats to Magnus / Norway. People interested in the match can check this link, while it's still online. Comment by GM Peter Svidler.

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And I thought this thread was going to be about Norway's lovely new passport design

Well I'm interested in that too! Professionally; one of my contacts works for a French company that produces all kinds of security products like that. Do you know which company made (design & production) the Norway pasport?

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He was sick as a dog (fever) for the last two games as well

Anand struggles with nerves. That's why he lost. He did a great match this time, compared to last year.

You mean Vissy or Carlsen did a great match this year?

Vichy did way better this year, but the nerves made it difficult for him.

The game Anand won was masterfully played.

Then again, Carlsen is a master at tiring out his opponents.

Ah nice to know: when I have some serious time (will be in '15) I will have a look at all the moves.
You play?

I used to, but these days I've had a little revival I'm not very good, though.

Don't worry: I'm not challenging Carlsen either...

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He was sick as a dog (fever) for the last two games as well

Anand struggles with nerves. That's why he lost. He did a great match this time, compared to last year.

You mean Vissy or Carlsen did a great match this year?

Vichy did way better this year, but the nerves made it difficult for him.

The game Anand won was masterfully played.

Then again, Carlsen is a master at tiring out his opponents.

This fragment is fun to watch. Biggest double blunder in the history of World champion chess, it could have changed the match in favor of Anand

[www.chessdom.com]

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He was sick as a dog (fever) for the last two games as well

Anand struggles with nerves. That's why he lost. He did a great match this time, compared to last year.

You mean Vissy or Carlsen did a great match this year?

Vichy did way better this year, but the nerves made it difficult for him.

The game Anand won was masterfully played.

Then again, Carlsen is a master at tiring out his opponents.

This fragment is fun to watch. Biggest double blunder in the history of World champion chess, it could have changed the match in favor of Anand

[www.chessdom.com]

Absolutely. Anand was so focused on his next moves that he totally ignored that opportunity.

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He was sick as a dog (fever) for the last two games as well

Anand struggles with nerves. That's why he lost. He did a great match this time, compared to last year.

You mean Vissy or Carlsen did a great match this year?

Vichy did way better this year, but the nerves made it difficult for him.

The game Anand won was masterfully played.



Then again, Carlsen is a master at tiring out his opponents.

This fragment is fun to watch. Biggest double blunder in the history of World champion chess, it could have changed the match in favor of Anand

[www.chessdom.com]

Absolutely. Anand was so focused on his next moves that he totally ignored that opportunity.

Yep, but yesterday Anand admitted Carlsen was superior. Is there much attention in the Norwegian media for this match?

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He was sick as a dog (fever) for the last two games as well

Anand struggles with nerves. That's why he lost. He did a great match this time, compared to last year.

You mean Vissy or Carlsen did a great match this year?

Vichy did way better this year, but the nerves made it difficult for him.

The game Anand won was masterfully played.



Then again, Carlsen is a master at tiring out his opponents.

This fragment is fun to watch. Biggest double blunder in the history of World champion chess, it could have changed the match in favor of Anand

[www.chessdom.com]

Absolutely. Anand was so focused on his next moves that he totally ignored that opportunity.

Yep, but yesterday Anand admitted Carlsen was superior. Is there much attention in the Norwegian media for this match?

It's been all over the news, and several TV channels have broadcasted the match live. People are watching 5 hours games at work. Chess fever.

Small country, proud of their few winners, he he

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Norwegian World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen kicks ass at the Dutch TaTA Steel
Chess tournament 2015 with a solid lead, 6.0 out of 8 games. He beats various top chess players in Bobby Fischer-style.

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Norwegian World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen kicks ass at the Dutch TaTA Steel
Chess tournament 2015 with a solid lead, 6.0 out of 8 games. He beats various top chess players in Bobby Fischer-style.

He's taking risks this time - going back to his roots

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Norwegian World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen kicks ass at the Dutch TaTA Steel
Chess tournament 2015 with a solid lead, 6.0 out of 8 games. He beats various top chess players in Bobby Fischer-style.

He's taking risks this time - going back to his roots

The first three games he tried some odd openings and variations even Carlson cannot permit against top players-two draws and one loss, but then he shifted gears.

The Champ says Hello!


Bobby Fischer

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The Champ says Hello!


Bobby Fischer

But what a sad and lonely ending for one of the strongest players ever.

Carlsen did it again today. Six wins in a row. He can only be given a challenge by computers it seems.

He needed a long warm-up, though

Good to see Kasparov's (sore) @ss.
It got beaten repeatedly by Russian police after the CIA told Garry he had the charisma to overthrow Putin and become the new master of the Kremlin. All it took was a few public riots in Moscow and Putin would flee. It didn't work...

Now Garry's dropped politics and he's back to chess. Good for him!

More Congratulations to Norway for Martin Odegaard being singed by Real Madrid.

He must be a very good young player to be wanted at The Bernabeu Stadium, which was the last time I saw The Rolling Stones play.

He's unreal. Got Norway caps as a 15 year old. And when he came in from the bench in these marches he totally dominated the games.

He's got the Messi-touch. Mark my words. Let's hope they won't eat this kid alive. What a talent!

having the worlds most expensive Big Mac!!!

$5 for 4 cheeseburgers. No too bad...

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$5 for 4 cheeseburgers. No too bad...

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It went down $ 1.10 since January 2014. That's something

If you have more money, things get more expensive. Simple market economic rules...

But we can still enjoy the cheap cheeseburgers.

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$5 for 4 cheeseburgers. No too bad...

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oops its switzerland!!!

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