In 2002, Magnus finished in 2nd place at the Crete youth
championship in Greece. In April of 2004, Magnus earned his final GM norm.
At 13 years of age,
this Norwegian became the 2nd youngest GM in history. This past year, Magnus has defeated
GM
Alexi Shirov and GM Nigel Short. Magnus also added one world
champion scale to his belt, when he defeated
12th World Anatoly Karpov in a blitz game.
Recently, Magnus also took on Garry Kasparov
in a rapid match. Magus had a winning position against the 13th World
Champion.
However due to time trouble, Magnus could not put the number one rated
player away. Garry Kasparov paid Magnus the biggest compliment, when he said the
kid
knows how to win. Manus Carlsen's other interests are playing
football, skiing, and ski jumping.
This reporter would like to see Magnus Carlsen add more world
champion scalps to his belt.
Magnus' 2004 tournament high lights
1) First
place in Sigeman Tournament
2) First
place at Corus C-Section
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