Magnus Carlsen: "Hopefully I Will Have a Chance to Go Hiking"

GM Boris Gelfand is expected to arrive in Oslo, Norway this Friday for a four-day training session with the national team of Norway, sjakkbloggen.no reports. The Israeli GM will help the team in preparation for the European Team Championship which is scheduled to take place November 12-22 in Reykjavik.

Fabiano Caruana has been the guest of the first press conference led by susan Polgar, along with other questions Fabiano was asked by the ditor of Chess-News whom he supports on the upcoming FIDE presidential elections.

(Translation from Russian - CN)

I guess after the second playing day it is time to call a spade a spade. 

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov again visits Tromso.

Magnus Carlsen has never visited India yet. Soon after the training session in Kragero, Norway the challenger will fly to Chennai to check the conditions he should be playing at.   

Norwegian journalists visited Carlsen in Kragero to see how is his preparation is going. You can check the PHОТOS of the visit.

Norwegian website nrk.no reports that the Norwegian embassy in New Delhi will be helping Magnus Carlsen as during the preparations for the World Championship match against Vishy Anand, so throughout the match.

Magnus Carlsen, his father Henrik and manager Espen Agdestein arrived in Chennai on Sunday to inspect the conditions for the upcoming world title match. According to Agdestein the exact time of arrival wasn't announced in order not to have problems on the way to the hotel.    

One of the biggest Norway newspapers VG, according to the tradition, has published its version of the top 100 Norwegian sportsmen of the year. Once again, Magnus Carlsen is number one in the list - for the fourth time already.