Gjøvik & Corus
Today Magnus is up at Hamar at the annual Norwegian Sports award.
Hamar is situated at the eastern shore of Mjøsa opposite Gjøvik where Magnus played last weekend. The two cities co-hosted the 1994 Olympics together with reknown Lillehammer (located at the northern end of Mjøsa).
Reporting from Gjøvik is long overdue as I was waiting for the chance to comment also on the release of the December 27th teleconference audio transcript.
A fortnight has elapsed since the conference and one may unfortunately begin to doubt the reality of the written guarantee to make the conference generally available on internet.
(Supposedly the quality of the audio tape is poor, next time I'll tape it myself :-)
We would like to congratulate Peter Svidler with the victory in the Aker Chess Challenge!
He beat Magnus in the final. Magnus drew comfortably as black but when pressing for a win with white he missed Bb6! in the time trouble and was suddenly lost.
Consequently Magnus did not get revenge for his loss to Peter up at Svalbard 3 years ago, but the good news was that he dominated Peter in their internal encounters (beating him twice with white in the qualifier and the tie-break and experiencing no real difficulties with black).
The visitors and internet audience got a great show the last day of the qualifier. Magnus, in a must win-situation managed to outplay Svidler with white. Nakamura played an exchange variation as white against Magnus and offered a draw after 12 moves trusting his blitz skills. And when Peter won his games against Kjetil (who again had a nice position in the middle game), there was a three way tie.
Svidler won the first blitz game against Nakamura in style and Magnus played another good game as white in the Ruy Lopez beating Svidler.
Nakamura of course had to win the third game against Magnus and sacked a pawn in the Slav for long term compensation. Magnus was in control but late in the middle game he allowed Namakura into the game. Fortunately the American did not find the best continuation and in the time scramble Magnus won to reach the final against Peter.
We would like to congratulate 18-year old Jon Ludvig Hammer!
Not only did he secure his 4th and decisive GM norm in the strong Open at Gjøvik, but he took a clear 1st after beating GM Bartel with black in the last round. A draw was enough to secure his GM title, and it was very impressing to see him play on in the slightly better queen ending for about two hours to win in the end.
Next Thursday Magnus is off to Wijk aan Zee and the Corus A. In the absence of Anand, Topalov (and Kramnik), Magnus together with Ivanchuk, Morozevich and 2008 winner Aronian, are probably the main favourites.
Magnus is certainly looking forward to the tournament, and he is quite confident after his performance at Gjøvik despite loosing the final as he played many good games.
Henrik Carlsen
Lommedalen, January 10th, 2009
Hamar is situated at the eastern shore of Mjøsa opposite Gjøvik where Magnus played last weekend. The two cities co-hosted the 1994 Olympics together with reknown Lillehammer (located at the northern end of Mjøsa).
Reporting from Gjøvik is long overdue as I was waiting for the chance to comment also on the release of the December 27th teleconference audio transcript.
A fortnight has elapsed since the conference and one may unfortunately begin to doubt the reality of the written guarantee to make the conference generally available on internet.
(Supposedly the quality of the audio tape is poor, next time I'll tape it myself :-)
We would like to congratulate Peter Svidler with the victory in the Aker Chess Challenge!
He beat Magnus in the final. Magnus drew comfortably as black but when pressing for a win with white he missed Bb6! in the time trouble and was suddenly lost.
Consequently Magnus did not get revenge for his loss to Peter up at Svalbard 3 years ago, but the good news was that he dominated Peter in their internal encounters (beating him twice with white in the qualifier and the tie-break and experiencing no real difficulties with black).
The visitors and internet audience got a great show the last day of the qualifier. Magnus, in a must win-situation managed to outplay Svidler with white. Nakamura played an exchange variation as white against Magnus and offered a draw after 12 moves trusting his blitz skills. And when Peter won his games against Kjetil (who again had a nice position in the middle game), there was a three way tie.
Svidler won the first blitz game against Nakamura in style and Magnus played another good game as white in the Ruy Lopez beating Svidler.
Nakamura of course had to win the third game against Magnus and sacked a pawn in the Slav for long term compensation. Magnus was in control but late in the middle game he allowed Namakura into the game. Fortunately the American did not find the best continuation and in the time scramble Magnus won to reach the final against Peter.
We would like to congratulate 18-year old Jon Ludvig Hammer!
Not only did he secure his 4th and decisive GM norm in the strong Open at Gjøvik, but he took a clear 1st after beating GM Bartel with black in the last round. A draw was enough to secure his GM title, and it was very impressing to see him play on in the slightly better queen ending for about two hours to win in the end.
Next Thursday Magnus is off to Wijk aan Zee and the Corus A. In the absence of Anand, Topalov (and Kramnik), Magnus together with Ivanchuk, Morozevich and 2008 winner Aronian, are probably the main favourites.
Magnus is certainly looking forward to the tournament, and he is quite confident after his performance at Gjøvik despite loosing the final as he played many good games.
Henrik Carlsen
Lommedalen, January 10th, 2009
Comments:
Posted by: Ole Morten Persen
Gratulerer med en særdeles velfortjent pris under idrettsgallaen! Dette var virkelig en anerkjennelse for alt arbeidet som er nedlagt, alle timer med trening, og ikke minst resultatene Magnus har oppnådd.
Det ER jo vanskelig å putte sjakk i noen av kategoriene de hadde, med unntak av åpen klasse. Når han da ikke var nominert der var det veldig moro for hele sjakk-Norge at Magnus fikk denne prisen. Det er flere med meg som mener han hadde fortjent dette for lenge siden! Gratulerer så mye!
Det ER jo vanskelig å putte sjakk i noen av kategoriene de hadde, med unntak av åpen klasse. Når han da ikke var nominert der var det veldig moro for hele sjakk-Norge at Magnus fikk denne prisen. Det er flere med meg som mener han hadde fortjent dette for lenge siden! Gratulerer så mye!
Posted by: Jon Erik Brænden
Congratulations on the well deserved price received at tonights Sports award!
Posted by: Bobby F.
Magnus har innstiftet en ny æra i norsk sjakkhistorie. Media, opinionen, ja hele Norge er nå i ferd med å få øynene opp for Spillenes Konge. Om 10 år har våre unge fremmadstormende GM'er, anført av Magnus, gjort sjakk til en folkesport. Dette skal virkelig bli gøy å følge med på i årene som kommer. Historien blir til. Nå!
Posted by: Jon Kåre Myrene
Vil bare henge meg på gratulantene her, dette var virkelig moro og en vel fortjent pris!
Lykke til i Wijk aan See!
Lykke til i Wijk aan See!
Posted by: Nina
Gratulerer så mye med prisen på idrettsgallaen Magnus!!!
Den fortjente du virkelig!
Den fortjente du virkelig!
Posted by: Rune
Gratulerer med oppmerksomheten og prisen under idrettsgallaen! Endelig har idrettsnorge fått opp øynene for den utrolige prestasjonen det er å komme helt i verdenstoppen i sjakk. Du har gjort veldig mye for sjakken mens du har kost det med den, og både jeg og sjakknorge generelt håper og tror du vil fortsette med dette.
Lykke til i Corus!
Lykke til i Corus!
Posted by: Felix Meißner
Congratulation Magnus!
I was not sure that you win against Nakamura in Blitz-Tiebreak but it was fantastic to watch this games!
I am sixteen years old and come from Leipzig (Germany)
i made a picture with you in Dresden on Olympiad and i was very happy about this because you are my modell in chess! The picture is situated next to my chessboard in our kitchen ;)
i would be very happy about a e-mail answer.
Felix
I was not sure that you win against Nakamura in Blitz-Tiebreak but it was fantastic to watch this games!
I am sixteen years old and come from Leipzig (Germany)
i made a picture with you in Dresden on Olympiad and i was very happy about this because you are my modell in chess! The picture is situated next to my chessboard in our kitchen ;)
i would be very happy about a e-mail answer.
Felix
Posted by: klemens
Dear Magnus,
best wishes for upcoming Corus tournament.
Hoping to see great chess from you and the other participants.
Klemens
best wishes for upcoming Corus tournament.
Hoping to see great chess from you and the other participants.
Klemens
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