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Chess prodigy to take own food to India

Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen plans to bring his own food and chef to the coming World Chess Championships in India in case a bout of 'delhi-belly' puts him off his game.

Published: 15 August 2013 10:53 CEST
Chess prodigy to take own food to India
Magnus Carlsen - Clun de Ajedrez Linex-Magic
 
“We’re taking all our own food and our own chef,” he told an employee of Nordic Semiconductor, his new sponsors, in Oslo on Monday. 
 
Neither the 22-year-old grandmaster nor his full-time manager Espen Agdestein were happy at the decision to hold the World Championships in Chennai, the home town of the present title-holder Viswanathan Anand. 
 
Carlsen, from Tønsberg, is currently ranked the number one chess player in the world, with a peak rating of 2872, the highest in history. 
 
The world championships, which will pit Carlsen against Anand in a marathon 20-day match, take place between the sixth and the and 26th of November. 

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Spanish chessboard maker sees surge in demand thanks to The Queen’s Gambit

Barcelona-based Rechapados Ferrer has been inundated with orders since supplying products to the Netflix series.

Published: 7 February 2021 15:10 CET
Spanish chessboard maker sees surge in demand thanks to The Queen's Gambit
Rechapados Ferrer is the latest firm to find itself impacted by a renewed interest in Chess. Photo: AFP

The company, founded in the 1950s, usually produces only about 20,000 chessboards a year from its factory in La Garriga, near Barcelona.

But since supplying its products to the successful Netflix series The Queen's Gambit, it has received a wave of orders in the past months.

The mini series, an adaptation of a novel by Walter Tevis, has fuelled interest in the game of chess. Since it debuted last autumn, Rechapados Ferrer has received orders for 40,000 boards.

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“When the Netflix series came out, it all just went crazy and drove sales of chessboards through the roof,” David Ferrer, who runs the family business, told The Guardian.

It's not the only company to have seen a surge in demand. Ebay also noted a 215% rise in sales of chess boards and accessories since October.

In February last year, the Spanish crisp-maker Bonilla saw a huge increase in online sales after its distinctive tins were featured in Oscar-winning film 'Parasite'.

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