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Magnus Carlsen

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Chess world champion mentioned in context of Twitch/gaming culture's negative influence on professional chess, including drama about stream moderation and FIDE conflicts.

Mentions (7)
"all i have to do to be the next magnus carlson i sacrifice a bit of my dignity."
observation from my all male chess club · u/hotgirlbummer08 · ↑815 · 2024-09-29
"The course itself goes from learning how the pieces move to top-level theory (so you can brag to your friends about how Magnus plays the Catalan)."
I am once again chess posting... also, I have a new student! · u/AlyoshaKaramazov69 · ↑397 · 2022-11-10
"Magnus Carlsen still makes his income from chess, not poker."
Why are chess nerds so bad at poker? · u/Electrical_Figs · ↑66 · 2023-12-31
"Magnus especially probably hated him for this, and he was so consumed by anger that he played that match like shit and lost. That's this kid's secret weapon, the truth behind his rapid advancement up the global leaderboards. Everyone hates him so much that he gets in their heads. He doesn't even nee"
"I have a comprehensive training course and can get you to 1500 on chess.com in relatively short amount of time. The course itself goes from learning how the pieces move to top-level theory (so you can brag to your friends about how Mangus plays the Catalan)."
Chess Lessons and NYC rent · u/AlyoshaKaramazov69 · ↑52 · 2022-10-10
"Magnus makes his dramatic Sinquefield Cup third round exit, alludes that Hans had cheated/gained ahold of his top secret opening prep, then chaos ensues when niemann said he cheated once when he was like 14 years old. When i questioned her more she was like 'hasnt the magnus guy been playing since c"
"The game keeps growing but at what cost? I really wish it were like golf or tennis and had a bunch of weird rich European aristocrats keeping it to a certain standard of respectability. Instead you have: -the head of FIDE and Magnus Carlsen's coach having twitter spats over Ukraine -gamer girl chess"
Twitch is Chess's Faustian Bargain · u/AlyoshaKaramazov69 · ↑37 · 2023-03-03
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