Norwegian Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen Wins Norway Chess Tournament for the Fourth Consecutive Time
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Tactical games like chess help improve memory and cognitive abilities. Moreover, it aids attention development and enhances one’s strategic thinking skills. And these skills are developed manifold in grandmasters.
Every year, grandmasters test out their skills at the Norway Chess tournament. But none has had the success in the tournament as native chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen.
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Magnus Carlsen wins Norway Chess Tournament for the fifth time
This year too, the competition saw history repeating itself, as Magnus Carlsen won the tournament for the fourth time in a row. And with this, he has secured the title a total of five times in the tournament.
It is way more than anyone has managed to win the competition in its 10-year history. The only contender coming even remotely close to this achievement is Sergey Karjakin, who has won two tournaments.
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Although the grandmaster has proved himself enough as a maestro, chess forums are full of people who disagree.
Everyone always says it’s great for Chess when I don’t win.
So today was another bad day🥶 https://t.co/cSr99fEhCC
— Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) June 10, 2022
After winning this year, the official page of the Norway Chess tweeted to congratulate the grandmaster on his win. Carlsen retweeted but added his own twist to it. The 31-year-old is well aware of some people’s notions of him.
Addressing this group of people, he tweeted, “Everyone always says it’s great for Chess when I don’t win. So today was another bad day.”
With this, he seems to be poking fun at the lot who think he does not have what it takes to win a prominent tournament. The last sentence of the tweet was Carlsen having the last laugh. He proved his haters wrong.
Moreover, he took a feeling of dislike and turned it into something witty.
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More on the tournament
Finansparken, an office building in Stavanger, Norway, hosted the Norway Chess tournament. Matches were decided based on a 10-person round-robin setup. At the end of the competition, the Norwegian chess genius was on top of the list, a clear winner.
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He accrued a total score of 16.5 in the tournament that concluded on June 11. Coming second in the competition was Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, followed by Vishwanathan Anand.
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Simar Singh Wadhwa