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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Braidwood

Chess grandmaster takes selfie with opponent then reports her for having phone

The world’s No 1 chess player, Magnus Carlsen, reported an opponent for having a phone moments after he agreed to take a selfie with her before an official match.

Carlsen, the five-time world champion, faced Kazakhstan’s 18-year-old grandmaster Alua Nurman at a freestyle chess tournament, the Grenke Chess Festival, in Germany.

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