# Norwegian teenager to be crowned new chess king

**URL:** <https://forum.uschess.org/t/norwegian-teenager-to-be-crowned-new-chess-king/11671>\
**Category:** All Things Chess\
**Created:** [December 30, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/norwegian-teenager-to-be-crowned-new-chess-king/11671 "2009-12-30T13:39:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![tsawmiller](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.uschess.org/tsawmiller/32/2585_2.png) [@tsawmiller](https://forum.uschess.org/u/tsawmiller)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/norwegian-teenager-to-be-crowned-new-chess-king/11671/1 "2009-12-30T13:39:04Z")

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The chess world’s new number one 19-year-old Magnus Carlsen plots 20 moves ahead and can remember matches he played six years ago move-for-move, but insists he is still pretty much your average teenager.

[news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091230/lf\_ … ay\_carlsen](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091230/lf_nm_life/us_chess_norway_carlsen)

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**Author:** ![TPGriffin76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@TPGriffin76](https://forum.uschess.org/u/TPGriffin76)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/norwegian-teenager-to-be-crowned-new-chess-king/11671/2 "2009-12-30T13:47:53Z")

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Thanks; great article. Refreshingly well-written and informative - atypical for a mainstream press chess piece.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.uschess.org/system/32/2_2.png) [@system](https://forum.uschess.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.uschess.org/t/norwegian-teenager-to-be-crowned-new-chess-king/11671/3 "2024-04-22T08:35:24Z")

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