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Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen made a winning return after his marriage in 2024-25 Chess Bundesliga season.
Magnus Carlsen defeated Max Warmerdam in Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday in his first classical game in almost four months, which helped St Pauli register their first win of the tournament.
On Sunday, Carlsen drew against Wei Yi as St Paul narrowly lost to co-leaders Dusseldorf.
“It’s of course very, very nice to start off married life as a chess player with a win!” Magnus was quoted by Chess.com.
Magnus Carlsen makes his debut for FC St. Pauli in the German Chess Bundesliga. And in case you were wondering: he’s wearing jeans. pic.twitter.com/Ue2OggO8xC
— Florian Pütz (@FloPuetz) January 11, 2025
Earlier this week, the 34-year-old Magnus Carlsen married Ella Victoria Mallone last Saturday in Oslo on January 4.
“I’ve had a very, very nice last week and today is kind of back to work,” Carlsen told Fiona Steil Antoni.
On St Pauli’s fortunes, Carlsen said: “The team obviously didn’t have the best start to the season, so I think at this point we’re just trying to climb up the table slowly, and of course I was happy to help today!”
Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet reported that a crew from Netflix was also present at the ceremony. Netflix is reportedly shooting a chess-related TV show, which is said to have a release date in 2025. However, Dagbladet added that it “has not been able to confirm whether they are on assignment for Netflix.”
Magnus Carlsen recently made headlines at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship, first for wearing jeans at a game and then withdrawing from the event when fined for it. Carlsen then copped flak for convincing Ian Nepomniachtchi to share the World Blitz title.
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