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tisdag, november 05, 2013

Magnus Carlsen wary of Viswanathan Anand ahead of World Chess Championship




The number one ranked chess player in the world, Magnus Carlsen was born on November 30, 1990 in the town of Tønsberg in the Scandinavian country Norway. Carlsen participated in his first chess tournament when he was just eight and a half years old in 1999.
 



Magnus Carlsen
 
Chess champion Magnus Carlsen on Monday arrived in Chennai to participate in the World Chess Championship to be held from November 9 to 28.

Current World No. 1 Carlsen will play India's Viswanathan Anand who will defend his World Championship title. Carlsen was received at Kamaraj International Airport by FIDE Vice-President D V Sundar, AICF President J C D Prabhakar and World Championship Organising Secretary V Hariharan.

After reaching Chennai, Carlsen said, "I have been practising in Oman. I have brought my own chef because I don't want to fall sick. Food is not my biggest worry though, it is Anand."Chennai gears up for World Chess Championship

The formal inauguration of the FIDE World Championship will be done on November 7 by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. The first game is scheduled for November 9. The sponsor of the tournament is the Government of Tamil Nadu which has allocated a record budget of Rs.29 crore.

The colour for the 12 games would be known at the draw of lots which would be done by Jayalalithaa during the inauguration ceremony. The player who gets white in games 1, 3 and 5 will get white in games eight, 10 and 12. So, one player will get white in games 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11. Each player will play six white and six black games.

Viswanathan Anand
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