A decade ago, Magnus Carlsen, who at the time was only 13 years old, created a sensation in the chess world when he defeated former world champion Anatoly Karpov at a chess tournament in Reykjavik, Iceland, and the next day played then-top-rated Garry Kasparov–who is widely regarded as the best chess player of all time–to a draw. Carlsen’s subsequent rise to chess stardom was meteoric: grandmaster status later in 2004; a share of first place in the Norwegian Chess Championship in 2006; youngest player ever to reach World No. 1 in 2010; and highest-rated player in history in 2012.
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Thanks Chris for an Interesting article,
I find that, for me, Multiple Intelligence theory works wonders for my motivation and belief that I can excel.
In my view this article and MI theory are saying the same thing,
Work to your strengths.
Cheers
Bruce