Giri shows his win against Carlsen
For most of the day, it was the story of the day - especially for Dutch chess. Even TV news service Teletekst had a headline on its starting page 101: "Dutch chess player beats world's number one." Here's Anish Giri's press conference after he beat Magnus Carlsen with Black in 22 moves in round 3 of the 2011 Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
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