Magnus Carlsen off to a good start in Chess Tournament

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Magnus Carlsen is chess grandmaster and the #1 World Chess Champion from Norway. He became a chess grandmaster in 2004, when he was 13 years old, which made him the third youngest grandmaster in history. He is the highest rated player in the world and in the history of chess.

GM Magnus Carlsen started his Tata Steel Chess Tournament with a win. The world champion took some risks but then was rewarded as he profited from a blunder by GM Alireza Firouzja. The other winners of the day were GMs Anish Giri and Nils Grandelius…….

https://www.chess.com/news/view/2021-tata-steel-chess-tournament-round-1
 


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