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| | '''Magnus Carlsen''' is the reigning world champion in [[chess]], and symbolic of the resurgence in interest in the game. He is one of the top celebrities in his home country of [[Norway]], where his televised matches often attracted larger audiences than other television shows. | | '''Magnus Carlsen''' is the reigning world champion in [[chess]], and symbolic of the resurgence in interest in the game. He is one of the top celebrities in his home country of [[Norway]], where his televised matches often attracted larger audiences than other television shows. |
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| − | He is one of the highest-ranked players of all time, and is as good at [[blitz chess]] as the classical format. | + | Carlsen is also the leader in standing against cheating in chess, and thereby protecting the integrity of the game. Carlsen's statement on September 26, 2022, against the cheating he suspected by Hans Niemann in the [[chess cheating scandal]] is a strongly courageous, [[conservative]] stance by Carlsen.<ref>https://twitter.com/MagnusCarlsen/status/1574482694406565888?ftag=MSF0951a18</ref> Carlsen was ridiculed by [[liberal]] internet [[troll]]s for defaulting after his first move in a widely viewed game in September 2022, which Carlsen apparently did in protest of prior cheating suspected of his opponent. |
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| | + | He is the highest-ranked players of all time, and is as good at [[blitz chess]] as the classical format. |
| | As of September 24, 2022, “Magnus Carlsen is on the brink of becoming the first player to hit the historic 2900 Tour Rating mark after crushing 'The Iceman' Arjun Erigaisi on day one of the Julius Baer Generation Cup final.”<ref>https://chess24.com/tour/red-hot-carlsen-nears-2900-as-iceman-melts-on-first-day-of-final/</ref> Carlsen then won that tournament on September 25, 2022, with one of the dominating performances ever.<ref>https://www.chess.com/news/view/magnus-carlsen-wins-2022-julius-baer-generation-cup</ref> | | As of September 24, 2022, “Magnus Carlsen is on the brink of becoming the first player to hit the historic 2900 Tour Rating mark after crushing 'The Iceman' Arjun Erigaisi on day one of the Julius Baer Generation Cup final.”<ref>https://chess24.com/tour/red-hot-carlsen-nears-2900-as-iceman-melts-on-first-day-of-final/</ref> Carlsen then won that tournament on September 25, 2022, with one of the dominating performances ever.<ref>https://www.chess.com/news/view/magnus-carlsen-wins-2022-julius-baer-generation-cup</ref> |
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| − | Carlsen is also a leader in courageously standing against cheating in chess, and thereby protecting the integrity of the game. He was ridiculed by [[liberal]] internet [[troll]]s for defaulting after his first move in a widely viewed game in September 2022, which Carlsen apparently did in protest of prior cheating suspected of his opponent.
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| | In November and December 2021, Carlsen successfully defended his title when he crushed Ian Nepomniachtchi of [[Russia]] by a wide margin, in Dubai, not even needing the full number of games in the match in order to prevail. | | In November and December 2021, Carlsen successfully defended his title when he crushed Ian Nepomniachtchi of [[Russia]] by a wide margin, in Dubai, not even needing the full number of games in the match in order to prevail. |