I am a chess buff. You know that India's Viswanathan Anand has won the World Chess Championship 5 times. He will be defending his World championship in November 2013. A tournament called the Candidates tournament is now underway in London to determine a challenger to Anand's crown. A Norwegian prodigy called Magnus Carlsen is the world's top ranked chess player according to ELO ratings (Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo). Carlsen is also competing in the London Candidates tournament: he has been leading in points and looked all set to win the tournament and become the challenger to Anand. But something happened late last night: in the 12th round of the 14 round tournament, he had lost to veteran Vassily Ivanchuk and at the same time Vladimir Kramnik, a 3 time former world champion had won his 12th round game to surge into lead. With only 2 more rounds to go, would Carlsen be able to regain his lead? This is significant, because, Carlsen is in such awesome form in the recent months that he looked certain, not only to become the challenger, but, actually beat Anand.
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Desai
Chess opening London System part 2 = Kasparov, dark square Bishop, attacking Queenside, etc. 
Kobayashi
How did you get into the Rockin/Rockabilly scene? Was it the music, a band, a great night out, the look? I was grown up around Rockin People and Teds in Penge and ended up going to Clubs with them in my early teens. Never looked back..ohh, and Elvis was my main man as a kid!
Cohen
Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen despite the unusual turn of events in the last round of the london chess candidates tournament.
Azoulay
its going to be one of those crazy weeks, exhibiition on sunday, two chess tournaments during the week, wednesday in london, having to go there for OCI :-/ clients during the week.......this years going to be another one of those years, where clients are calling giving three weeks notice for their big day..... :-/
Allen
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov interview in London http://t.co/2V41Df7822 #Chess
Zhōu
21 Point Chess BLOWOUT: JAYLOVE47 WHOOPED eco12 AZZ 33-12 
Abe
Aronian and Carlsen Race in London http://t.co/8uCUkNvZ67 #Chess
Gairola
London Chess Classic 2010 - Vishy Anand vs Magnus Carlsen
http://t.co/U6gSlidUbQ
Cox
2nd Chess Player in An American Werewolf In London = Rik Mayall.
Lakhanpal
A total of 769 votes were cast in the ACP Tournament of the year contest.And the winners are:
Best Round Robin event of 2012.
1 Tata Steel Chess, Wijk aan Zee
2 Tal Memorial, Moscow
3 London Chess Classic
4 ACP Golden Classic
5 Chess Masters Final, Bilbao/Sao Paulo
Best Open event of 2012.
1 Tradewise Gibraltar Festival
2 Aeroflot Open, Moscow
3 Reykjavik Open
4 Moscow Open
5 Biel Master Tournament
Best official event of 2012.
1 World Chess Championship Match Anand-Gelfand, Moscow
2 ACP Women Cup, Tbilisi
3 European Club Cup, Eilat
4 Chess Olympiad, Istanbul
5 Women's World Blitz and Rapid Championship, Batumi
ACP Tournament of the Year 2012.
1 Tata Steel Chess, Wijk aan Zee
2 London Chess Classic
3 World Chess Championship Match Anand-Gelfand, Moscow
4 Tradewise Gibraltar Festival
5 Tal Memorial, Moscow
Tata Steel Chess Wijk-aan-Zee wins the Tournament of the Year contest for the second year. Tradewise Gibraltar Festival retains his position as the best Open tournament in the World.Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to the hundreds of the ACP members who participated in the vote.
Murphy
►How to become 1800 Rated Strength Chess Player - My Journey #1◄ 
Rath
Chess - London System game part 2 
Avraham
Famous Poker players about Candidates in London : http://t.co/RsFt06Oi3L
#Chess
Barnes
Chess World.net: Alexander Alekhine vs Frederick D Yates - London 1922 - Queens Gambit Dec. (D64) 
Sahni
London Chess Classic 2010 Round 3 
Johnson
Chess World.net: Try not to calculate anything! Magnus Carlsen example 
Biton
Did the rounds in the record shops in Soho today after work. Glad to say they were rammo ! All of them :D
Itō
2013 Zurich Chess Challenge - GM Kramnik vs GM Anand - Round 2 
Hughes
London Chess Classic IM Commentary Short - Kramnik 
Fujii
Aronian & Radjabov Lead in London http://t.co/if94URXd7y #Chess
Ortiz
Chess World.net: Friendly chess game with Peter Lalic at London Classic 2011 - Kings Gambit 
Aoki
Josh Groban Chess in London 1 
Fujita
FIDE Grand Prix Series London 2012 Round 6 Play of the day Topalov - Dominguez 
Nakamura
#WantToPlayAGame #Chess #Checkmate #illTakeYouAllOn #BrickLane #Market #London #UK http://t.co/hrokff79cb
Martin
Chess opening London System - part 11 - tactics against Bd6 without c5/c6 
Zhū
Chess World.net : Lagging development : Adams vs Howell - Ruy Lopez Berlin defense (C67) 
Collins
Comedian Mohammed "Mo" Amer at the London Apollo (Women Invented Chess) 
Hashimoto
Chess Fraternity Celebrates State Level Lightning Chess Tournament in Chennai 
Murakami
Chess World.net: Magnus Carlsen vs Vishy Anand - London Classic (2012) - Spanish (C65) 
Davies
Chess World.net: Vladimir Kramnik vs Judit Polgar - English Opening - London Chess Classic 2012 
Maeda
London Chess Classic Players on their Game 
Harris
LONDON CHESS CLASSIC 2011 Round 3 
Okada
Final Photos of the London Candidates http://t.co/HIkd79QCC7
Wilson
Back in London in the bosom of my familly after 15 months...it feels great.... and I still haven't had the pleasure of giving my nephews the chess set I made them!!! Will be in England till the 29th April Whoopee!!!
Katiyar
Judit Polgar - Levon Aronian London Chess Classic 2012 Round 9 
Suzuki
Chess World.net: Vladimir Kramnik vs Luke McShane - London Classic (2012) - Slav - Brilliancy! 
Lín
Boris Spasskii X World Chess Champion 23.12.12 (2) 
Wáng
Chess World.net: Celebrating different forms of chess and their particular requirements! 
Nishimura
Bird Opening Chess Trap 29 
Wagle
when teenagers and house guests turn up their noses at food put in front of them which is not deliberately insulting, remind them politely as possible they are fortunate not to have been born upon The Sahara and Khlahari Deserts please
Gómez
FIDE Grand Prix Series London 2012 Round 4 Endgame analysis Gelfand - Wang Hao 
Evans
Magnus Carlsen vs The World - 2nd Gran Chess Festival 
Takeuchi
Killegar Chess Presents: Magnus Carlsen Vs. Alexander Grischuk, 2013 Part 1/3 
Garg
Chess World.net: Magnus Carlsen vs Gawain Jones - London Chess Classic (2012) -Sicilian (B53) 
Díaz
Game of the Day Rd 5 London Chess Classic 
Hé
London Chess Classic 2011 (round 4) 
Kondō
Magnus Carlsen leading #chess into the new age. He won the London tournament referenced in this piece http://t.co/B7r9AIi4za
Robinson
"Not then. Not tomorrow. But today."
I told him of the first casino
Rush fun, all chips gone
He told me of poker days, always a good hand
Now, he can move just one.
I told him I ran to catch trains, lingered over bridge chains, sprained in the snow
And he told me he needs to master to sit on wheels
But very few places he can go.
I told him of hills in Pest, streets in Taiwan, Paris, London
The passion I found
And he told of chess, papered walls of his room,
Where he is healing, all day bed-bound
Seen places, met people and I wondered where he'd be
This time I listened, he didn't have to say
Bygone years kept a daughter at heart
That's where she'd always stay.
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