World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen to Attend Sochi Olympics 2014

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014

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Norwegian Television TV2 has quoted World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen's manager, Espen Agdestein, as saying that Carlsen plans to attend the Sochi Winter Olympic Games 2014 from February 15-20. Magnus was himself quoted as saying that "I am a Sports fan, so I will follow the Games. It will be fun." (www.chess-news.ru). 


  

Meanwhile, (in case you missed our previous post) 12th Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk - a great fan of sports and peace - has posted on her blog about her anticipation for the Games. You can read the full message at www.chessqueen.com. 



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