Magnus Carlsen gives away 3 Draws at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Chess Simul

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World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen visited Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) on April 8 and conducted a 13-board simul. Three students Aisa Imeeva, Sergei Trofimov and Arman Geyvondyan tied with the World No. 1, reports the official website.

The organisers, Runa Capital fund, Phystech-Union and Sberbank Technologies, had invited the World Champion to mark a new stage in the development of IT cluster at MIPT. 

Magnus Carlsen said playing the game itself was inspiration enough for him and he would consider something else when he feels probably it is the time not to play chess any more, but "fortunately, so far I have had no problems."

The simul was commented by GM Sergei and Carlsen had to give away three draws. 

Magnus Carlsen praised the players and said though they lacked experience, it was not easy to escape as they played very well in the middlegame. But they could not take the game all the way to victory as that comes from experience. 

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World Chess Champ Magnus Carlsen to Visit Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology April 8

On April 8, 2014, the World Chess Champion and one of the youngest grandmasters in the world, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, will visit MIPT. The twenty-three year old chess player, who already made an appearance on Time magazine’s "100 most influential people of 2013" list, will hold a simultaneous exhibition for students, graduate students and students of the MIPT "Phystech lyceum."

 

The name Magnus Carlsen (Norwegian: Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen) is well known to people interested in chess. “He beats leading chess players in such positions in which people usually settle for a draw. He has an absolutely phenomenal technique and in addition - as if a complete absence of the nervous system. And Carlsen calculates variations very well, as young people do," says international grandmaster Evgeniy Bareev.

Currently, Magnus Carlsen is the youngest World Chess Champion and a holder of a record high FIDE rating.

The official part of the visit will take place on April 8 at the MIPT Concert Hall, where Magnus Carlsen will meet with MIPT students and guests.

The event starts at 10:30 am. The meeting host will be Tina Kandelaki, and the meeting will be held in English.
From 12.00 to 14.00 the grandmaster will play a simultaneous match with MIPT students and postgraduate students, and from 15.00 to 16.00 – with students from the "Phystech lyceum."

The main purpose of the event, organized by Runa Capital fund, Phystech-Union and Sberbank Technologies, is to give an opportunity to talented students to meet the World Chess Champion and to mark a new stage in the development of an IT cluster at MIPT. (MIPT News)