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Carlsen to seek Kasparov’s advice to prepare world match-up against Vishy Anand "Yes, I'm going to talk to him. I think he has some advice for me. It is true that Kasparov is not part of my team, but I will consult him before the World Championship. He knows Anand better than anyone. He beat Anand in a World Championship Matc...

The Carlsen Chess Story: Simen Agdestein tells it all from up close I am glad to be married to someone who has beaten a future world champion!-- Grandmaster Arthur Kogan on his wife's defeat of 10-year-old Magnus Carlsen in 2001Quite aptly the beginning of Chapter 3 of How Magnus Carlsen became the young...

Anand vs Gelfand 2012 World Chess Championship: Best moments – Chess Training Video (Part 3) Here is the third part of a special chess training video series featuring the best moments from the World Chess Championship 2012: Viswanathan Anand vs Boris Gelfand in Moscow, Russia. This instructive video is by special arrangement with Grandmaster I...

World Chess Championship 2013: 5 reasons Carlsen should not underestimate Anand Despite World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen's stratospheric chess performance at the recently-concluded Sinquefield Chess Cup in Saint Louis, and despite his highest-ever chess rating for a human, World Champion Viswanathan Anand can just not be underestimated....