Norwegian teenager is star of Grand Slam Chess Final in Spain

0 Comments | AFP, September, 2008

MADRID (AFP) — A 17-year-old Nowegian chess prodigy, Magnus Carlsen, is the star of the Grand Slam Chess Final Masters currently under way in Spain which features five other top players including world number one Viswanathan Anand of India.

Carlsen, who is currently number six in the official world rankings, could become the youngest-ever world number one chess player if he wins the tournament which wraps up in the northeastern city of Bilbao on September 13.

He defeated Armenia's Levon Aronian and took the lead of the tournament during the first round played on Monday inside a huge sound-proofed and air-conditioned glass enclosure set up in the centre of the historic Basque city.

The other two games -- between Anand of India and Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine...