Friday, May 15, 2020

The Millionaire Next Door

 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/may/15/chess-magnus-carlsen-announces-new-1m-online-series-as-viewer-numbers-surge
Possibly the most significant Nations Cup game for its potential future influence was 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)’s win over Aleksandra Goryachkina in the China v Russia match. 侯 (Hóu) is the all-time women’s No 2 after the retired Judit Polgár, and despite taking two years off for academic studies as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford she showed that she is still close to her peak strength. Goryachkina is 21, five years younger than her opponent, and the flagbearer for a new generation following her crushing win in the women’s Candidates, so this was a pairing of unusual significance. [Read more].

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