Nakamura-Carlsen secret blitz chess match in the middle of the night
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After the closing ceremony of the World Blitz Championship, in Moscow, Magnus Carlsen played a couple of tandem rapid games alongside Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov. They faced Vladimir Kramnik and Arkady Dvorkovich. Carlsen (and Kramnik) had already played several hours of 3-minute (+2 second increment) blitz during the final ten rounds - Day 3 - of the Blitz Championship.
After that Nakamura and Carlsen played 40 blitz games straight - way into the night/morning.The complete background to the 'event' is here - the Chess Life Online, December 8, 2010.
The following video was taken at around 4:00 AM by Macaulay Peterson, the early morning of November 19th. It was Game 38, of 40. Enjoy.
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After the closing ceremony of the World Blitz Championship, in Moscow, Magnus Carlsen played a couple of tandem rapid games alongside Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov. They faced Vladimir Kramnik and Arkady Dvorkovich. Carlsen (and Kramnik) had already played several hours of 3-minute (+2 second increment) blitz during the final ten rounds - Day 3 - of the Blitz Championship.
After that Nakamura and Carlsen played 40 blitz games straight - way into the night/morning.The complete background to the 'event' is here - the Chess Life Online, December 8, 2010.
The following video was taken at around 4:00 AM by Macaulay Peterson, the early morning of November 19th. It was Game 38, of 40. Enjoy.
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From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
Labels: chess blog, chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, Magnus Carlsen
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2 Comments:
At April 30, 2011 at 10:45 AM ,
Benjamin Alois said...
How romantic - the scene just needs someone like Faye Dunaway
At May 1, 2011 at 2:25 AM ,
Anonymous said...
Very cool.
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