Magnus Carlsen

On December 31, 2022, CNN reported that

Magnus Carlsen won both the World Rapid and World Blitz chess titles in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in the latest landmark of his glittering career.

The 32-year-old Norwegian is now the holder of all three world chess championship titles—in Classical, Rapid and Blitz—for the third time in his career, while no other player has ever won both the Rapid and Blitz titles in the same year.

‘Gonna need more hands soon,’ Carlsen joked on Twitter, posting a video of himself counting his now 15 world titles on his fingers.

It caps a triumphant end to Carlsen’s remarkable decade-long reign as the classical world champion, as he has already announced that he will not defend his title next year. Magnus Carlsen: Triple-World Champion

Magnus Carlsen (b. 1990) became World Chess Champion in 2013. He has prevailed over challengers in the years since. His amazing abilities have been studied and he has provided interesting chess which has been acclaimed throughout the world.

A splendid resource for studying Carlsen's games is Andy Soltis, Magnus Carlsen: 60 Memorable Games (Batsford, 2020):

This Crossword introduces us a bit to the great champion: Magnus Carlsen.

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