The Charming King

Magnus Carlsen (@PlayMagnus)

The Prince passed like a rush of wind

Magnus Carlsen (@PlayMagnus)

• Frederic Friedel, Carlsen’s 70-board simul in Hamburg, ChessBase GmbH, February 22, 2016

Germany’s very prestigious news weekly, Die Zeit, have just chalked up seventy years of publication. As part of the anniversary celebration they invited the World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen to play a seventy-board simultaneous exhibition. A number of prominenten opponents took part, and a number of fairly strong players. The event took six hour and ended in a veritable massacre. [Read more].

The Man Behind The Myth

• Frederic Friedel, Bobby Fischer’s final years, ChessBase GmbH, November 3, 2015

Garðar Sverrisson, “Yfir farinn veg með Bobby Fischer”, Reykjavík, Skrudda, 2015

М’яка обкладинка (Softcover)

ChessBase Magazine #166
June/July 2015

Mariya Muzychuk – Humpy Koneru
Women’s World Chess Championship; Krasnaya Polyana, March 26, 2015
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23. b5! Playing on both flanks. White first blocks the Black Queen’s access to e8. 23. ... Na7 24. g5! hxg5 25. Nxg5 f6?? This natural move is a tragic blunder. Not 25. ... Qxb5?? 26. Qxa2+-. If 25. ... Nxb5? 26. Qh4 Qc2 27. Be4+-. Black missed 25. ... Rd1! 26. Qe2 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Qxb5 28. Qd2 Qc5+ 29. Kh2 Qd6 30. Qxa2 Qxf4+ 31. Kg1 Qxg5 32. Qxa7 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+= It’s a draw by perpetual check. 26. Qd2! A bolt from blue! 26. ... Rf8. After 26. ... Rxd2?? it’s all over: 27. Re8 mate. 27. Bd5+ Bxd5 28. Qxd5+ Kh8 29. Qf7 1 : 0.

Mariya Muzychuk
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