MAGNUS CARLSEN
May 2013
Vladimir Kramnik best games display a fusion of elegance and force that give the impression that this is as well as chess could be played
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March 2013
London's forthcoming Candidates tournament features the world's best, including the highest-ranked player in history, Magnus Carlsen
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September 2010
The Magnus Carlsen phenomenon has a precedent: that of the marauding Viking, Bent Larsen
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March 2010
Is chess genius a matter of genes, or of graft?
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