#15 · The First Crown, Game 5

World Chess Championship, Chennai · 2013 · vs Viswanathan Anand
You are Magnus Carlsen.
b. 1990 · The Grinder from Norway · Meet the Legend

Chennai, 2013, game five — the match is level and Anand has held everything so far. You are Magnus Carlsen, 22, and there is no attack to find here: just a rook endgame that everyone in the press room called drawn. Squeeze it the way only Magnus squeezes, and win the first game of your first world title.

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Paul MorphyAdolf AnderssenPhilipp MeitnerAkiba RubinsteinFrank MarshallAron NimzowitschEsteban CanalMNBobby FischerGarry KasparovDBMagnus Carlsen

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