Congrats to the new world chess champion
With a draw against Viswanathan Anand in the 10th round of the World Chess Championship Series which started on November 9 in Chennai, India, Magnus Carlsen of Norway emerged as the 16th world champion of chess. He was leading the series with three wins. A chess prodigy, he bagged the title at the age of twenty two. He has outplayed Anand, the reigning chess champion since 2007. Probably age is catching up with Anand who was not playing his best.
It is rather a matter of sorrow that our local newspapers have not allotted any space in their sports pages to this event. Anyway, the world has been watching the arrival of a new wonder boy of chess.
Zabed Wali
Chittagong
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