Schachspieler (Norwegen) - Magnus Carlsen, Leif Gaard, Leif Erlend Johannessen, Simen Agdestein, Kjetil Lie, Jon Ludvig Hammer, Ivar Bern (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: Magnus Carlsen, Leif gaard, Leif Erlend Johannessen, Simen Agdestein, Kjetil Lie, Jon Ludvig Hammer, Ivar Bern, Rune Djurhuus, Einar Gausel, Olaf Barda. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Magnus Carlsen (born Sven Magnus en Carlsen on 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster and chess prodigy currently ranked number one in the world on the official FIDE rating list. He has achieved the second highest rating in chess history after Garry Kasparov. On 26 April 2004 Carlsen became a Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 148 days, making him the third youngest Grandmaster in history. On 1 January 2010 the new FIDE rating list was published, and at the age of 19 years, 32 days he became the youngest chess player in history to be ranked world number one, breaking the record previously held by Vladimir Kramnik. Carlsen is also the 2009 World blitz chess champion. His performance at the September-October 2009 Nanjing Pearl Spring tournament has been described as one of the greatest in history and lifted him to an Elo rating of 2801, making him the fifth player to achieve a rating over 2800 - and aged 18 at the time, by far the youngest to do so. Based on his rating, Carlsen has qualified for the Candidates Tournament which will determine the challenger to face World Champion Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship 2012. Born in T nsberg, Vestfold, Carlsen currently lives in Lommedalen, B rum, near Norway's capital, Oslo. He played his first chess tournament at the age of eight and was later coached at a Norwegian high school (for athletes) by the country's top player, Grandmaster (GM) Simen Agdestein. Agdestein introduced his civil worker Torbj rn Ringdal Hansen, currently an International Master, to Carlsen, and they had one training session every week, along with one of Carlsen's close friends. Becoming an International Master, Carlsen was given a year off from elementary school to participate in i...http: //booksllc.net/?l=de