Well of course it is an understatement to say he is a genius.
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There was already a happy Engagement thread but, this is a tooooootally different topic. :-)
Warmest congratulations, and hope all of your best dreams come true forever.
You both deserve the absolute, purest joy and life together. Much love, your fan (A.)
Wait did they get married after like a day or smth?!? When did they get engaged??!
@dstne said in #2:
> Wait did they get married after like a day or smth?!? When did they get engaged??!
The Engagement was official announced on the 1st I think, publicly; but I'm positive they have been engaged longer than that.
Ella made a comment hinting at a little a little while ago, saying "someone we know might be getting married."
You would have to do some research to know who she said that to, though, or precisely when, I do not quite remember.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6wqbrPX-lA
Here is the loveliest true love song I know, blessings to the happy couple. <3
(Eep, edit.. I listened to the melody and I didn't really know it ends in tragedy lol.) I'm betting they won't. <3 •|•|•
https://www.chess.com/news/view/chess-king-magnus-carlsen-marries-his-queen-ella-victoria
All down hill from here then , be good Magnus.......... watch this space lol xxx
Doesn't Magnus look younger lately ? Anyone noticed? xxx
genius? interesting title.
Smart and dedicated for sure, but what makes you think him a genius?
Well, Carlsen's genius I would say for many reasons. He became a grandmaster at a super young age; but he also simply changed the world of chess so tremendously. A lot of people thought he would become world champion, from an early age they predicted it. Because there was something different about his ability. He wasn't 2700 at 15 or anything, but he rose to pretty much every occasion. By 18 or 19 he was the best in the world. And I don't think this has ever happened before.
But there's always been an extremely special and different quality to Magnus' style. In matches he was triumphant and usually in an elegant way. And when A0 came out he inculcated the games and said, "A0 has completely changed my style of play." Similar to others such as Capablanca and Fischer, he pretty quickly understood the benefit of Fischer random or Freestyle chess
But also there is the extreme equality of his blitz and bullet games. One of the most special gifts Magnus has ever given are thr Banter Blitz. These are incomparably wonderful. Worlds best, at their absolute peak, playing mostly GMs.
But setting that aside that's just a gift he gave. Back to your question though; sure it may be seen as "unimportant," but to me it's not... I mean the amazingly high win rates.
You remember a few weeks ago when Hikaru kept having 80 or 90 game win streaks? Maybe more I'm not sure. It's nice and a great feat of skill. But Hikaru would not be able to beat Magnus in speed chess, or not often.
But sorry for mentioning him heh. @DrNykterstein, @DrChampionstein, @DrDrunkenstein, and @manwithavan, all of which are Carlsen's accounts; have some impressive strings of games. And the games are not always, but quite often very beautiful.
Once Magnus said, when asked what book he liked best, "Well, I have My Great Predecessors on my bedside table;" and of course he doesn't worship such books, but obviously appreciates them. I've been through - all of Kasparov on Kasparov; and in more detail, all through ever page of Kasparov on Modern chess Volumes 2-4. Every page, every word, every variation and every subvariation. I've never done that with any other book; even Alekhine or others I usually only read 90%.
I just mention really just to say they're good books. <3 But the Magnus genius question; also one impressive thing - and these are just kind of promoting chess. But check out the times when people do a "genius check," I mean they ask about variations; they show a particular game, or something like this. Magnus is always extremely impressive with these feats.
Also of note are his simuls of which I am sure there are many. But especially simply just the beauty of his games... When chess becomes drudgery, the greatests usually turn to Freestlye. This reengages the brain in a manner which literally nothing else does; and benefits the chess level of one, and promotes fluid thinking and everything. Always great.
So yeah, Magnus is quite humble about his intelligence, --and doesn't even consider himself a genius-- but that doesn't mean he is not. I would say there's absolutely no question he is not just a genius, but an extremely high level one. Proven thousands of times and ways.
Was there ever any doubt? <3
Until someone surpasses his accomplishments, and does so for a while, he is the most amazing player who has ever shown up. Quite a bit of a margin.
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And of course, besides which as he married Ella. (Which I had meant to be ever so slightly implied by the title. <3 :^)
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