ABOUT THE RAW WORLD CHESS CHALLENGE
On September 10th 2010, in the Cooper Square Hotel in New York City, 19-year-old Magnus Carlsen, the world’s number one ranked chess player and G-Star’s new Fall/Winter 2010 campaign model, defeated over 70.000 of online players from all over the world in the G-Star RAW World Chess Challenge.
Although Magnus currently is the no.1 ranked chess player (the youngest ever), he is not the ruling World Chess Champion. The RAW World Chess Challenge offered Magnus the opportunity to prove that he truly is the world’s best chess player.
During the game three Chess Grandmasters, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from France, Hikaru Nakamura from the United States and Judit Polgár from Hungary, suggested a move each on which the registered World Team could vote. The World Team put up a stiff resistance but, after 44 moves and 2,5 hours, Magnus emerged as the winner.
Of course Magnus was pleased with his award, which was handed out by Hollywood actress Liv Tyler: “I am very excited to have won. It was quite a difficult challenge and the public seemed to have chosen all the right moves, so I’m very happy with this end result.”
RAW World Chess Challenge Ambassador Garry Kasparov, who already anticipated Magnus’ victory, emphasizes the unique character of the RAW World Chess Challenge: “This really is a historic match. It’s not often people get the chance to play the world’s best player. The World Team really gave Magnus a run for his money, but in the end Magnus is the well deserved winner.”