Quinten Post, Magnus Carlsen de la NBA

While Victor Vembaniama faced International Master Julien Song In his hotel, before the announcement Basketball and chess to mix the tournament This week at Chesnai is that Quinten Post Who won the chess tournament between the NBA players organized in Las Vegas, a warrior turner in front of Rayon circle IT GRANT VILLIAMS.

“It’s a completely different experience” Details. “There was no waiting when I played chess against Magnus (Carlsen). There are when I play in the NBA against Lebron or anyone else.” »

Grant Williams winner of “head and arms”

Quinten post was hoping that he could first meet for the summer league, but followed by ankle problem, so he found himself on “Chesstival” organized by Derrick Rose. The chess tournament “Freestyle” (parts, from the pawn shop, randomly, in order to avoid too much theories and traps at the beginning of the game) in two phases, basketball players are the first related to professional chess players in the “head and arm” system.

It is clear that the chess player announces a play show and a basketball player is then moved. The system in which the chess player must consider the level of his teammate, directing it towards clear impacts.

In the final, against Grant Williams and Judith Polgarians, Fabiano Caruana, thus overestimated Tony Snell, telling him to move his rider in balance, thinking the former Bucks player will play a coup. Instead, he exchanged his game for his opponent, found himself to lose …

Related to Tania Sachdevo, Quinten Post lost in the semifinals of this first part of the tournament, therefore, in direct conflicts, beating Tony Snel, Harrison Ingram, Melton, while he brought zero (equality) against Grant Williams. Enough to win $ 25,000 for the Association.

Opportunity to cause Magnus Carlsen

In the competitor and with their confidence as much as possible, Quinten post, then caused Magnus Carlsen in one of the one.

“My grandfather, in fact, my two grandfathers, play a lot of chess and so I started, early” He explains. “For me, it was an opportunity to tell my kids that I was faced with the world. This is the best in history, so I caught my chance to cause it. It was fun, but I didn’t win.

But the two men could meet.

“Magnus is actually a huge fan of warriors. So it was easy to chat, especially. We were talking to life, great at great cool. We were super cool. We are super cool. We are great Cool. We said it cooled. We said it was cool. He cooled it. It was cool. It’s great about it. It’s great that it’s super cool. He hit failure.

On the chessboard, as in the field of NBA, Quinten Post is defined as a player above all insulting. Anyway, at least a few days, he felt like Magnus Carlsen de la NBA.

“I think I can say that” He replied when he asked if the best chess player was in a big league. “I think I was lucky (to be). Maybe they’re not all there to play. We’ll see. The number of players will probably increase next year, and we’ll see.” »