Carlsen's girlfriend. A serious source of concern for chess fans

tal had none ??? how many wives did tal have? how many he sac ? and how many children of him are playing chess like him ? 

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cs

I just hope that Carlsen's girlfriend is not only with him because of his wealth and status. As a rich and successful man, it can be hard to know if women are attracted to you for your looks and personality or for the benefits that come with being in a relationship with a famous person. Fortunately I will never have that problem

I just hope that Carlsen's girlfriend is not only with him because of his wealth and status. As a rich and successful man, it can be hard to know if women are attracted to you for your looks and personality or for the benefits that come with being in a relationship with a famous person. Fortunately I will never have that problem

..not all the Norwegians like chess, I mean its board structure and not the mind game itself because it is too Gothic or German, but this is the case of a polite soul! though their face is 'ugly' telling immunity against the east or an ugly world looking itself and feeling beautiful really?! a world that is conquering the world view, but Norvegians are holding against Germany world chess play and Its east dogs(russians, etc..)

Garry Kasparov had three wives and multiple children. It's called life.

Oh, Magnus. For years, you have been a model for many aspiring chess players, specially young ones. Little children with a worrying obsession for chess used to tell their helicopter parents: "Daddy, Mommy, when I grow up, I wanna be like him". And then Daddy and Mommy nodded their heads and smiled.

I admit I never went to the extreme of worshipping Carlsen as my saviour/second coming of Bobby Fischer  as some people in these forums do. But he was somebody difficult to hate for chess players. Probably the main reason was that they identified with him. An ugly man (working as a fashion model cannot change that when your face is that of a Neanderthal)  in his twenties, prone to tantrums, socially awkward (slightly, at least) and with no known love interests. Ignore his age, and you have the prototypical chess player.

Of course, there were also other reasons why many chess aficionados felt identified with him. Norway is not a relevant country, and according to those amusing yet unbelievable maps you can find on the Internet most Americans would not be able to locate it in the map. As any irrelevant country, Norway lacks enemies. Had Carlsen been born in the USA, nothing would be the same

However, things have changed. Chess players no longer can feel Carlsen represents them. There were suspicions that something horrible was going on, but they were dismissed as lies. Carlsen's performance stuttered. Nevertheless, the lack of a chess equivalent of tabloids prevented those rumours from spreading through the chess community. But finally we were hit with full force by the worst news we could imagine: Carlsen had succumbed to the power of hormones. We thought, we wanted believe Carlsen's obvious lack of appeal would protect him from the arrows of Eros. We were wrong. Now Carlsen has a girlfriend and he is no longer a reference for any of us.

Preferably from an almost unknown and irrelevant country.

kingofshedinjas wrote: Oh, Magnus. For years, you have been a model for many aspiring chess players, specially young ones. Little children with a worrying obsession for chess used to tell their helicopter parents: "Daddy, Mommy, when I grow up, I wanna be like him". And then Daddy and Mommy nodded their heads and smiled.I admit I never went to the extreme of worshipping Carlsen as my saviour/second coming of Bobby Fischer  as some people in these forums do. But he was somebody difficult to hate for chess players. Probably the main reason was that they identified with him. An ugly man (working as a fashion model cannot change that when your face is that of a Neanderthal)  in his twenties, prone to tantrums, socially awkward (slightly, at least) and with no known love interests. Ignore his age, and you have the prototypical chess player.Of course, there were also other reasons why many chess aficionados felt identified with him. Norway is not a relevant country, and according to those amusing yet unbelievable maps you can find on the Internet most Americans would not be able to locate it in the map. As any irrelevant country, Norway lacks enemies. Had Carlsen been born in the USA, nothing would be the sameHowever, things have changed. Chess players no longer can feel Carlsen represents them. There were suspicions that something horrible was going on, but they were dismissed as lies. Carlsen's performance stuttered. Nevertheless, the lack of a chess equivalent of tabloids prevented those rumours from spreading through the chess community. But finally we were hit with full force by the worst news we could imagine: Carlsen had succumbed to the power of hormones. We thought, we wanted believe Carlsen's obvious lack of appeal would protect him from the arrows of Eros. We were wrong. Now Carlsen has a girlfriend and he is no longer a reference for any of us.

He is punching. His girlfriend 

   NOW you tell me!

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