Bent Larsen

Bent Larsen in Buenos Aires,January 2010

Bent Larsen, one of the greatest chess players in the world passed away on 9th September 2010. It is a big loss to the World of Chess. He suffered from a cerebral hemorrhage 14 days before and had to be rushed to the hospital. "It is especially sad that it happened in the year we had so much celebrations on his 75th Birthday.There would be another GM tournament this year but, it will probably be cancelled. Naturally we will have a memorial",said Vestergard.

Magnus Carlsen

Carlsen at the age of 13 playing against Kasparov!!

Magnus Carlsen one of the world youngest players, was born on 30 of November (now aged 19) in Tonsberg in Norway. He played his first tournament at the age of eight and was later coached by one of the greatest player in Norway, GM Simen Agdestein. He came third in the European Championship (under 12 boys). He was recognized after he won the Corus chess tournament in the year 2004 at Wijk aan Zee [ʋɛik aːn zeː] . He became a Grandmaster at the age of 13, making him the third youngest grandmaster. At the age of 19, he became the YOUNGEST player ever in history to be ranked number 1!! His highest FIDE rating is 2862.
He recently defeated Viswanathan Anand in a Rapid tournament (20min +15s) each.