A Muddled ‘Real Ivanov’ Strains for Modern Resonance
By ELYSA GARDNER
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The roster of players in the Corus tournament that just concluded in Wijk aan Zee closely resembled that of the 2007 world-championship competition in Mexico, but it also included two additional stars who did not take part in that event, Veselin Topalov and Vassily Ivanchuk. But the winner at Corus was neither one of those giants, nor was it current world champion Viswanathan Anand. Rather, first place was shared by Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen. In his game against Pavel Eljanov, Carlsen demonstrated skill at positional play that places him on the level of two of the greatest world champions of all time, Jose Raul Capablanca and Vasily Smyslov. Carlsen is all of 17 years old. How strong will he become as he matures? No one can tell. But by all indications, he stands an excellent chance of gaining the world championship title himself within the next decade.
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|The roster of players in the Corus tournament that just concluded in Wijk aan Zee closely resembled that of the 2007 world-championship competition in Mexico, but it also included two additional stars who did not take part in that event, Veselin Topalov and Vassily Ivanchuk. But the winner at Corus was neither one of those giants, nor was it current world champion Viswanathan Anand. Rather, first place was shared by Levon Aronian and Magnus Carlsen. In his game against Pavel Eljanov, Carlsen demonstrated skill at positional play that places him on the level of two of the greatest world champions of all time, Jose Raul Capablanca and Vasily Smyslov. Carlsen is all of 17 years old. How strong will he become as he matures? No one can tell. But by all indications, he stands an excellent chance of gaining the world championship title himself within the next decade.
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