Whilst the charismatic 23-year-old Norwegian chess grandmaster and world champion Magnus Carlsen was competing in the USA’s Sinquefield Cup two weeks ago, India’s Vishy Anand was winning the Bilbao Masters Final simultaneously on the other side of the world, in Spain. The two grandmasters are fervently fine-tuning their preparations for their return world championship title clash in November. Anand lost the title in November 2013 in his hometown of Chennai, India.
Carlsen is the highest-rated player in chess history, achieving the elusive 2,800 mark when hardly anyone else had done so. Garry Kasparov was there before him, but Carlsen eventually surpassed Kasparov’s record and stands alone at the very top of the chess spire with an impressive 2,870 points. Anand is ranked sixth in the world of chess grandmasters. However, he has not yet broken into the magical 2,800 circle representing the elite of grandmasters. He stands at 2,775 points. Carlsen defeated
