“Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game”
_{Nigel Short}

Magnus Carlsen

Few doubt that the brilliant Magnus Carlsen is qualified to beat all the marks of Gari Kaspárov, including the one that touches the impossible: to be the number one for 20 consecutive years. But his big trouble to defend the title against Sergei Kariakin in 2016 (quick tie) and his three failures of 2017 in the Tata (Wijk aan Zee, Holland), Grenke (Baden-Baden, Germany) and Altibox (Stavanger, Norway) Question their dominion.

"Above number one there is nothing. And underneath it is very cold. "

Henrik Carlsen, father of Magnus, a year and a half ago in Wijk aan Zee.

Baadur Jobava

Jobava is the best player in Georgia and has one of the most aggressive styles of the elite. He made a name for the first time in 2003, when at age 19 he won the Dubai Open Fort and the Georgia Championship. He also demonstrated his talent for preparation by defeating Evgeny Bareev, 125 points of highest link, in a spectacular game in which the 34 moves seemed to be prepared in advance. These performances boosted Jobava above the 2600 and top-100 in the world, but despite winning the gold medal in the 4th board in the 2004 Olympics, it cost him to climb higher.
In 2006 he won the Aeroflot Open, was invited to the Dortmund super tournament that year, but was last with four defeats and no win in any game. He finally surpassed 2700 in 2009, in 2011 he won the European Semi- Rapid Championships and in September 2012 he reached the highest point of his career, 2734 points, which gave him the 19 position in the FIDE ranking.