Magnus Carlsen New World Chess Prince

The Nordic great hope, Magnus Carlsen, a ferocious wood pusher in the world chess circuit officially upended every chess player as he collared the Number 1 ranking in the January 2010 world chess rankings.

His mystifyng FDE rating of 2810 overshadowed that of the reigning world champion and two former world champions. His feat was spectacular since this wasn’t even achieved by chess prodigies like the first non-Soviet world chess champion Bobby Fischer, the enigmatic Brent Larsen or any other chess the world have had produced.

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Chess Round Up

Vladimir Kramnik clinched the much coveted (Cat.21) Tal Memorial, which ended last week (first week of November 2009),  in Moscow, Russia. The former world champion score three wins, six draws and no loss in the 10-man, All Grandmaster field.
Finishing tied for second and third were undefeated Vasssily Ivanchuk (Ukraine) the defending champion, and the young Norwegian wunderkind Magnus Carlsen, both just a half apoint behind Kramnik.
The Norwegian star is capable of dishing out sharp and sacrificial lines, which can be likened to the Mikhail Tal, who is knowned to be a fierce offensive chess player.