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Magnus Carlsen Won the Same Day My Mom Won a Million in the Lottery

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"I was relaxed until I realized I was baking him," said grandmaster Vignir Vatnar Stefánsson on Morgunútvarpin on Rás 2. In the show, Vignir Vatnar discussed what it was like to beat the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, the best chess player of all time, in a tournament on the website Chess.com. He describes the victory step by step on his social media, but described on Morgunútvarpin how everything went down that day. "I will never be able to explain …
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"I was relaxed until I realized I was baking him," said grandmaster Vignir Vatnar Stefánsson on Morgunútvarpin on Rás 2. In the show, Vignir Vatnar discussed what it was like to beat the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, the best chess player of all time, in a tournament on the website Chess.com. He describes the victory step by step on his social media, but described on Morgunútvarpin how everything went down that day. "I will never be able to explain …

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RÚV broke the news in on Thursday, February 19, 2026.
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