John Chamberlain
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 Developer Diary · You Heard It Here First · Sunday 15 February 2004
Microsoft Sponsors Chess Prodigy
Microsoft is sponsoring a 13-year-old Norwegian boy named Magnus Carlsen who may be the greatest chess talent in the world today. ChessBase news highlighted the youngster, who just won the class C division at Wijk Aan Zee, the most important annual chess tournament. According to the article the boy works hard at chess and his family is very supportive which bodes well for the future. Maybe we are seeing the beginnings of the next Kasparov.
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