Vladimirov in 2004: Magnus will be number one!

Four and a half years ago, at the 2004 Dubai Open, GM Evgeny Vladimirov suffered a stunning defeat against a 13-year-old. The former Kasparov trainer was so impressed that he predicted that young Magnus Carlsen would one day be the number one in chess. In his Wednesday night Playchess lecture Dennis Monokroussos looks at this astonishing game. Nine p.m. ET on the server.

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