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      Can you name this strong chess player?

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      17 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        February 5, 2010 at 8:22 pm

        Magnus Carlsen’s brother?

      2. Anonymous Reply
        February 5, 2010 at 8:26 pm

        Magnus after a *really* rough nite?

      3. Anonymous Reply
        February 5, 2010 at 8:55 pm

        T. Nyback

      4. Anonymous Reply
        February 5, 2010 at 8:56 pm

        Hairy Ineedacomb?

      5. Anonymous Reply
        February 5, 2010 at 8:59 pm

        Nyback – Carlsen (Dresden 2008)

        1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
        7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. Qc2
        Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nh5 14. Be5 Qb7 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. h3 Nxe5
        17. Nxe5 b5 18. Rcb1 Qc7 19. a4 axb4 20. axb5 bxc3 21. Nxc6
        Nf6 22. Qxc3 Bf8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ra1 Ne4 25. Qb2 Re8 26. Ne5
        Nxc5 27. b6 Qb7 28. Qb5 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Qxa8 30. dxc5 Qa1+
        31. Kh2 Qxe5+ 32. g3 d4 33. b7 Qf5 34. Qb2 dxe3 35. fxe3 Qxc5
        36. b8=Q Qxe3 37. Qc7 h6 38. Qbc2 Qd4 39. Q7c4 1-0

      6. Anonymous Reply
        February 5, 2010 at 8:59 pm

        Tomi Nyback, Finland

      7. Anonymous Reply
        February 5, 2010 at 9:04 pm

        this guy has defeated magnus before!

      8. Anonymous Reply
        February 5, 2010 at 9:15 pm

        Tomi Nybak

      9. Anonymous Reply
        February 5, 2010 at 9:37 pm

        tomi nyback i think it is .

      10. Anonymous Reply
        February 5, 2010 at 9:42 pm

        A Scandinavian..but not Magnus…recently played in Corus

      11. Anonymous Reply
        February 5, 2010 at 9:44 pm

        Tomi Nybäck

      12. Anonymous Reply
        February 5, 2010 at 9:51 pm

        Reinderman’s brother

      13. Anonymous Reply
        February 5, 2010 at 10:24 pm

        Tomi Nyback

      14. Anonymous Reply
        February 5, 2010 at 10:44 pm

        Nyback Tomi from Finland

      15. Anonymous Reply
        February 5, 2010 at 10:45 pm

        Nyback Tomi from Finland

      16. Bobby Fiske Reply
        February 6, 2010 at 12:17 am

        Ahhh, this one is easy. It’s Matti Nykänen. Most famous Finnish after Jean Sibelius.

      17. Anonymous Reply
        February 6, 2010 at 5:28 am

        It is Legolas, from the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood.

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