Karolyi - Endgame Virtuoso Magnus Carlsen

Stallion Staunton chess pieces, weighted with felted bottoms. Those chess pieces will perfectly suit on a chessboard with 50 mm squares.

DGT electronic chess pieces of Ebony for DGT chessboards. 

Those ebony electronic DGT chess pieces are the most luxurious of the compatible pieces for DGT boards.

Each chess piece has his own magnetic signature in order to be recognized with precision by sensors on the DGT board.

King's height : 95 mm

Other available versions:

• DGT Classic
• DGT Timeless
• DGT Royal
• DGT Venus
   

 Other available DGT Chessboards:

• DGT-board Rosewood
• DGT Chessboard Wenge
• DGT Chess board Walnut

Système requis:
Pentium 300 Mhz, 64 Mo RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, lecteur DVD-ROM, souris, carte son.

Ces pièces d'échecs en buis et sheesham, plombées-feutrées conviennent à un échiquier dont les cases mesurent 50 mm de côté.

Simen Agdestein was awarded the title of chess grandmaster at the age of eighteen, the youngest in the world at the time. Two years later he wrote in his diary that he believed he could become the best in the world.

But chess wasn"t his only passion. He also excelled at football and was selected nine times for the Norwegian national team. Foreign clubs wanted to sign him as a professional.

Simen Agdestein"s combined careers are unique and amazing. "I can"t choose between my left and my right arm", he once said of the choice between chess and football.

His international football career was cut short when he refused to play for Norway in a World Cup qualifier against Scotland. He opted instead to play Garry Kasparov in a chess tournament in Belgrade. A few years later, a knee injury put an end to his footballing dreams.

These days Agdestein is a coach and teacher at the Norwegian College for Top Athletes, a fertile breeding ground where his most successful pupil, Magnus Carlsen, also attended. Agdestein continues to compete in chess. In 2023 he won the Norwegian Championship for the ninth time, 41 years after his first successful bid.

Games and Goals is a gripping biography of a unique double talent, revealing his insecurities and ambitions, his doubts and dreams. The author had access to Agdestein"s private letters and diaries and conducted numerous interviews with relatives, friends and Agdestein himself. 272 PAGES

Système requis:
Pentium 300 Mhz, 64 Mo RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, lecteur DVD-ROM, souris, carte son.