The Mozart of Chess
Norwegian chess player Magnus Carlsen (age 15) won the Glitnir Blitz 2006 chess tournament held in Reykjavík this week. Carlsen beat Icelandic grand master Hannes Hlífar Stefánsson in the final match. Many of the world´s strongest chess players had been eliminated by Carlsen and Stefánsson. Among them were Viswanathan Anand, world´s number two ranked chess player, world champion in rapid chess and Judt Polgar, strongest women´s chess player in the world. Anand has been unbeatable in rapid and blitz events in the last years, and Magnus Carlsens convincing victory 2-0 against Anand is an amazing feat for the 15 year old Norwegian, one that has drawn worldwide attention.
In his day, Bobby Fischer was also considered the greatest speed chess player in the world (see Speed Chess and Fischer's dominance of scholastic chess).
But all eyes are on Magnus Carlsen. Is the boy king on track to become the Greatest Chess Player ever?
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posted by Chuck Ayoub at 6:59 PM
9 Comments:
Let's wait until puberty is finished. There have been so many young stars who seemed to be like Bobby was, but in the progress of time never reached his class ...
Magnus will be the next world champion sooner or later, I guess and Norway should give their full support.
I am an avid fan of Fischer but not hearing anything from him until now means he is gone. I have to accept that he is now history.
US I guess will not have another Fischer alike because of lack of support to their chessplayers and poor chess prizes. Its pity somehow because there are plenty of talented chessplayers in US too. Look at Nakamura, but I guess he is going to quit chess too and look for better earning career.
The French child of prodigy, Etienne Bacrot, was also called "Mozart of Chess", when he was 14. Where is Bacrot now? Has he become World Champion?
Etienne Bacrot is Etienne Bacrot and Magnus Carlsen is Magnus Carlsen.
Etienne's chance had probably past and can almost 99.9% conclude that he will not become world champion. But Carlsen's chance is still there. Carlsen is only 15 and turning 16 yrs old on coming Nov. Fischer became world champion at the age of "29", so Carlsen is still have 13 long years to try to catch Fischer's achievement.
Its either Carlsen or Karjakin...
I guess, Carlsen can achieve even better than Fischer.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3085
When Carlsen beats the unbeatable and fastest chessplayer Anand in Blitz by "2-0!", its quite convincing. And now beating King Loek the six times Dutch Champion and once in the top 10, I have no doubt he can be sooner or later the World Champion.
Elo 2700 at the age of 15? Fischer never achieved that.
I am 99% sure that Carlsen will surpass Fischer's achievements.
Only the brilliance of a young Mr fischer could rise above all things and execute both power and beauty .
Mr fischer had both political and social pressures todays players would never survive . To not only play but win was an impossible task . But win he did .
Even time stood still to watch .
No way, society has to wait another century for a Fischer to surface and I hope by that time the general intelligence of the populace has much improved.
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