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Magnus Carlsen's big announcement! The PlayMagnus IOS app.

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02-25-2014 , 02:34 PM

EGarrett

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Via Facebook:

Magnus Carlsen

"Remember a few weeks ago I gave you a hint about something I was working on? I’m excited to say that the time has come!

Introducing, Play Magnus!

PlayMagnus is a free iOS app, that includes a chess engine tuned to play like me at different ages, training videos and the chance to play me live! I really care about helping the chess community bring our game to more people around the world, with a particular focus on young people. Play Magnus is my first step in helping us achieve that goal. You can download the app here: http://appstore.com/playmagnus.

Follow my @PlayMagnus account on Facebook and @PlayMagnus https://twitter.com/PlayMagnus on Twitter for updates and news about what I’m up to at ‪#‎PlayMagnus‬.

Thank you for all your support!"

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02-28-2014 , 09:40 AM

EvilSteve

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Magnus at 5 showed absolutely no promise. You'd think he would have quit playing chess immediately.

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03-01-2014 , 10:52 AM

RenegadePeddler

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I can't find it

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03-01-2014 , 11:28 AM

EvilSteve

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It's available as an iPhone app. I don't know if it's available on android or other platforms, and there's not an iPad version yet just iPhone. So far after beating the lowest levels I'm 0 for 2 against 9 year old Magnus.

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03-01-2014 , 11:31 AM

RenegadePeddler

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Originally Posted by EvilSteve

I was looking on my ipad. Got it. Here I come, bitch ass 5 year old Magnus.

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03-01-2014 , 11:39 AM

RenegadePeddler

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It took me 10 minutes to beat 5 year old Magnus. I'm such a chess fish. I'm a MMA fighter and took up chess to help my ground game....baby steps,

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03-02-2014 , 01:21 AM

Yeti

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pretty slick app. i wish the board was a bit more customisable, kinda hate the colours and pieces

and call me incredibly naive but i was saddened to see most of the training videos are 69 pence

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03-02-2014 , 09:42 AM

EGarrett

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Not the most encouraging advertisement for the program

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