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Fantasy Future Chess

Chess News in 2019: World Top Five 1. Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2989 2. Levon Aronian (ARM) 2973 3. Shakriyar Mamedyarov (AZB) 2972 4. Chiu Wei (CHN) 2961 5. Sahaj Grover (IND) 2954 The King's Gambit is unsound. Computers have proved that black wins by force in 56 moves. If the last piece of the puzzle is solved, computers will be able to prove the French Defence is also unsound. It loses in under 89 moves. The Petroff Defence is indeed a draw. It is a draw by perpetual in 68 moves or 76 moves depending on the variation on the 36th move. Bobby Fischer - Boris Spassky world championship match held. Fischer wins 12.5 - 9.5 Vishwanathan Anand announces his retirement after a long reign at top level chess. He is currently ranked 14th with a rating of 2918. China win the Chess Olympiad for the third time in succession. India again had to be content with the second position. USA finished third. Hou Yifan was the star performer for China. She won the Gold medal on the third board with a 9/10 s...

Boris Spassky vs Magnus Carlsen - Old Wine vs New Blood !

Boris Spassky (GM) and Magnus Carlsen (GM) What are Carlsen's chances of matching the achievements of Boris Spassky ? Well, we'd like to hear from you. Here are the comparisons so far. Carlsen has the same kind of skills in terms of general style, which is comfort in both attacking and defending. Spassky could attack as well as play well in a simplified and boring game. Boris Spassky Magnus Carlsen Date of Birth 30 Jan 1937 30 Nov 1990 Nationality Russia, later France Norway Started Chess at Five (War time) Five (Peace time) (Tournament at Eight Trained by Vladimir Zak Alexander Tolush Igor Bondarevsky Henrik Carlsen Simen Agdestein Grandmaster at 18 13 Significant Achievements World Junior Champion USSR Champion World Champion Gold European Team Championships 13 Olympiad medals Winner Santa Monica Winner Linares Winner Leiden Joint Winner Bugojno Corus Wijk and Zee Group C Winner European U-14 Bronze Norwegian Champion Winner Biel 10th Place World Cup Second at Linare...