Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Team Carlsen unhappy about plans to hold the championship in India
Carlsen ‘surprised’ by his influence April 19, 2013 Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, who ranks as the best chess player in the world, said he was “surprised” but “quite proud” that he’d landed on an annual list of the 100 most influential...
Mr Influential
Norwegian Carlsen Becomes One of the World’s 100 Most Influential People Norwegian chess player Magnus Carlsen (22) is named as one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time Magazine. TIME presents its annual list of the 100 most...
Magnus Carlsen named among The 2013 TIME 100
Magnus Carlsen Chess wunderkind, 22Written by Kasparov Chess history is best viewed through the game’s evolution: the Romantic Era of the 19th century, the Hypermodernism of the early 20th, the post–World War II dominance of the Soviet School. The elite...
Photoshoot with Time Magazine Photographer
Here are some of the photos from yesterday’s photoshoot. These were not taken by the famous photographer Peter Hapak. His pictures will be published in an upcoming article for a major magazine. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A photoshoot with Time Magazine photographer Peter Hapak
A big photoshoot this morning with world class photographer Peter Hapak. He flew in this morning from New York for this session at Webster University, then heading right back this afternoon. This is for an upcoming piece in a...
Time Q&A with Magnus Carlsen
Q & A Magnus Carlsen: The 19-Year-Old King of Chess By Eben Harrell Friday, Dec. 25, 2009 At age 13, he was the third youngest grandmaster in history. A few years later, he was already beating the world’s top...
Time: Chess Boxing Hits it Big
Chess-Boxing Hits it BigThursday, Jul. 10, 2008 By ADA CALHOUNTIME Magazine “It sounds like a gimmick,” admits Hip-Hop Chess Federation founder Adisa Banjoko. But chess and physical combat are being merged not only in the U.S.—where Banjoko’s group advocates...
Anand in TIME magazine
The Indian DefenseBy Viswanathan Anand Where did chess begin? For many who play the sport at its highest, most obsessive levels, that’s not just a question of history — it’s a matter of ownership, of dominion. We’re so completely...