Magnus Carlsen is on the brink of breaking Garry Kasparov's all-time record rating of 2,851 points after the 21-year-old world No1 made a brilliant recovery from his poor start in the Grand Slam final which ends on Saturday in Bilbao. The Norwegian, who had lost to Fabiano Caruana in the São Paulo stage, defeated the Italian in their return game at Bilbao, then won his next game to share the lead. Then, on Friday night, he crushed the reigning world champion, Vishy Anand, with a classic attac...
Magnus Carlsen on brink of exceeding Garry Kasparov's rating benchmark
The Guardian - 12 Oct 2012 23:55
Magnus Carlsen is on the brink of breaking Garry Kasparov's all-time record rating of 2,851 points after the 21-year-old world No1 made a brilliant recovery from his poor start in the Grand Slam final which ends on Saturday in Bilbao. The Norwegian, who had lost to Fabiano Caruana in the São Paulo stage, defeated the Italian in their return game at Bilbao, then won his next game to share the lead. Then, on Friday night, he crushed the reigning world champion, Vishy Anand, with a classic attac...
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