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Magnus Carlsen

Posted: Jun 18, 2008 Wed 07:49 am     Views: 266    Interacts: 3

In line of some of the GOAT(Greatest of all time) speculations, here is a relatively lesser known one.Nobody, not even Bob Fischer's or Kasparov's achievements at the age of 17 are at par with Carlsen's. All indications are that he has the work ethic to blaze his way to unprecedented chess glory in coming years.


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Posted by rahul_capri on Wednesday June 18, 2008 03:19 pm
Zeemax ,that is one of his strengths, translating simple common sense positional play to tangible end game advantage.
If you dont have it already,here is the link to his games-
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1000986
Posted by zeemax on Wednesday June 18, 2008 09:04 am
Amazing!

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1462082
Posted by zeemax on Wednesday June 18, 2008 08:56 am
Links to any games?

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