FilmRise moves on chess documentary 'Magnus' for US

Edit Screen Daily 13 May 2016
TrustNordisk’s documentary about chess champion Magnus Carlsen had its world premiere in Tribeca. FilmRise has acquired US rights to Benjamin Ree’s feature documentary Magnus, about chess champion Magnus Carlsen, in a deal with TrustNordisk ... Wendt said, “We are very exited to work with FilmRise on Magnus ... The film is about Magnus Carlsen, called the Mozart of chess, who became world champion in 2013 at the age of 22....

Magnus Carlsen: the cool grandmaster who cries when he loses to himself

Edit The Guardian 11 May 2016
Wednesday marks the start of a six-month countdown to the World Chess Championship in New York, where Russia’s Sergey Karjakin will try to snatch the title from the champion, Magnus Carlsen from Norway, who has been hogging (sorry, holding) it since 2013 ... Carlsen became a grandmaster at 13 ... users play a computer version of Carlsen at different ages (“anyone can beat Magnus five … the moves are absolutely random”)....

Mirror image: Chess champ, challenger offer complementary styles

Edit The Washington Times 10 May 2016
The world championship match November in New York City may be a case of the immovable object meeting the immovable object. Surprise Russian challenger Sergey Karjakin doesn't have the modeling contracts, the "Charlie Rose" interviews and the inspiring backstory of Norwegian titleholder Magnus Carlsen, but the champ and the challenger ... ....

Ramesh adds fuel to Anand's retirement debate

Edit The Times of India 08 May 2016
For the first time since 2008, Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, who put India on the global chess map, won't be challenging reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway ... His choice of appointing GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly during the Fide World Championship match three years back, where he lost to Carlsen, was also questioned ... him to challenge Carlsen....

Hari gains valuable experience from Norway meet

Edit The Times of India 06 May 2016
The Indian GM's lost against Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik were compensated with wins over Li Chao and Anish Giri. The fourth edition of tournament was won by world champion Carlsen ... Hari, who suffered a crushing defeat to Carlsen in the opening round, came back strongly and was even positioned second mid-way through the tournament ... ....

Magnus Carlsen's penultimate round capitulation at Norway Chess analysed

Edit The Daily Telegraph 05 May 2016
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Magnus Carlsen beats Kramnik at Norway Chess to extend unbeaten run to 42 games

Edit The Daily Telegraph 04 May 2016
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Magnus Carlsen wins at Stavanger but Garry Kasparov draws more interest

Edit The Guardian 29 Apr 2016
Magnus Carlsen, the world champion, won first prize outright with 6/9 at Stavanger on Friday despite faltering near the finish, while three world top-10 grandmasters topped the field at the $194,000 US championship at St Louis ... Meanwhile, Carlsen was sovereign at Stavanger ... Carlsen will have watched the Ultimate Blitz in St Louis with keen interest, as the Norwegian won the last two world blitz titles with impressive play....

Magnus Carlsen's Berlin Wall stands firm against MVL at Norway Chess

Edit The Daily Telegraph 29 Apr 2016
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St. Louisan crowned U.S. chess champion

Edit Business Journal 29 Apr 2016
Chess Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana, who recently bought a house in St. Louis, is attracting international attention to his adopted hometown after winning the U.S ... While the 23-year-old is basking in national glory, he was one game away last month to winning the Candidates Cup and going on to facing Magnus Carlsen, the best chess player in the world for most of the past six years, for the international title, the… ... ....

A Chess Renaissance in the Midwest

Edit New Yorker 28 Apr 2016
By the end, the twenty-three-year-old American—born in Miami, raised in Brooklyn, with no formal education after middle school other than chess-studying stints ......

Magnus Carlsen unable to Anish Giri at Norway Chess

Edit The Daily Telegraph 26 Apr 2016
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