MoonlitKnight Member since Mar-17-03 · Last seen Mar-02-22 ♔ I am Haakon Strand (actually Håkon) , from Norway ♔ Data Scientist by profession ♔ My FIDE rating is 2171 ♔ MoonlitKnight, as in the Genesis song "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight" ♔ Friend and clubmate of Magnus Carlsen ♔ Highlight of my career: Carlsen vs H Strand, 2008

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Dec-24-15 Carlsen vs Li Chao, 2015    MoonlitKnight: I've followed Magnus's games for 13 years and this is one of the most impressive games I've seen from him. In my eyes anyway.      Oct-21-15 Emory Tate    MoonlitKnight: I'm sad to hear that Emory passed away at such a young age. I recently played a lot of blitz games against him on ICC. His play seemed to have deteriorated a lot in the last few years, maybe due to health issues, I don't know. The games were always interesting, though. He ...      Apr-28-15 Harold Dondis    MoonlitKnight: And he just won a tournament! https://chessdailynews.com/92-year-...      Jan-14-15 Carlsen vs H Strand, 2008    MoonlitKnight: <whiteshark> I'm still alive. Thanks for putting my game in your collection! :-)      Jan-14-15 Vasyl Ivanchuk    MoonlitKnight: Ivanchuk in his prime (and even today) could destroy anyone in a single game or even a tournament. But when it comes to consistency, Carlsen is superior by a wide margin.      Jul-16-13 FIDE Grand Prix Beijing (2013)    MoonlitKnight: Yet neither Grischuk nor Caruana has managed to do so in 6 attempts. :-) In fact, I can't recall Grischuk ever winning a super tournament outright. Caruana has won a fair share of them though. A win in Paris would bring him past 2800 and cement his status as the next big ...      Jul-13-13 Kasparov vs Short, 1987    MoonlitKnight: I'm reminded of Kasparov's famous remark when it became clear that he would face Short in the 1993 world championship match: "It will be Short and it will be short."      Jul-03-13 Emre Can    MoonlitKnight: Emre Can is also the name of a German-Turkish footballer who already played for Bayern Munich's first team at the age of 19.      Jun-28-13 Borki Predojevic    MoonlitKnight: Currently the highest rated Bosnian player. He plays a rapid match against Carlsen with two rounds today and another two tomorrow.      Jun-26-13 P Tregubov vs Ponomariov, 2008    MoonlitKnight: Among the top players, Ponomariov probably has the latest resignations, although another contender is Morozevich.

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