Bill Gates lost to Magnus Carlsen chess for 9 strokes Bashny.Net

World chess champion, young Magnus Carlsen played with Bill Gates in the "speed chess" in Scandinavian TV channel NRK broadcast and поставил his mate ninth progress .



On all the moves Bill Gates got 2 minutes, and Carlsen - only 30 seconds. It is strange that the general agreed to participate in such circumstances, because 30 seconds is physically not enough to make more than 30 strokes (UPD: in the comments say that 30 seconds is enough time for the game). So the odds are very high. Perhaps the organizers hoped that in time trouble Carlsen made a mistake and lose, it would be a sensation.

But the young Norwegian properly understand the situation. With 30 seconds, he had to use tricks and play aggressively from the start. He immediately gave the queen, two horses and an elephant - and this army moved into the attack on the left, where after castling king hid Bill Gates.

After the eighth turn black on the board there is such a position.





Gamble gave the enemy a positional advantage Bill Gates. He could easily develop it, for example by pulling the rook on e1. Unfortunately, Microsoft founder pressure made a blunder on the 9th course, moving his knight on e5. Perhaps he thought of "cunning" combination with the attack on the second black horse.



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Instead tricky combination turned mate in one move. The party lasted 1 minute and 19 seconds.

"Wow, that was fast," - Bill Gates said after the game, smiling shyly. However, do not be ashamed to play the world champion, who became a grandmaster at 13 years.

Source: habrahabr.ru/post/210290/