One against 143,000: A chess duel between Norway's chess superstar Magnus Carlsen and tens of thousands of amateur players ended in a draw.
20.05.2025, 19:36
20.05.2025, 19:37
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Under the title "Magnus Carlsen against the world", a website for chess duels, chess.com, organized a chess duel between Carlsen, who was world chess champion from 2013 to 2023, and the amateur players.
The duel began on April 4, each side had 24 hours per move, with the amateurs voting on their next move. "I felt I was a bit better at the beginning of the game," Carlsen said in a video after the duel. "But after that they honestly didn't give me a single chance."
Carlsen is not the first grandmaster to play against such a team. In 1999, Russian chess pro Garry Kasparov competed against more than 50,000 opponents.
