Magnus Carlsen, Photo Lesley Weitjes

On the bright side, I get a chance to beat Magnus in the World Blitz Championship this November!"

"Finally finished with my wardrobe shopping at Saks Fifth Avenue for the Chess Olympiad next week!!" So we wish Nakamura luck as he brings along fashion as well as chess preparation on his way to Siberia.

The piece could have been about a chess prodigy except in the case of Tavi, much of the article quotes naysayers doubting her skills, something that chess prodigies, with incontestable ratings and results are immune from. more New York fashion week is almost over. In recent years, many of the invitation-only shows have become available via livestream, democratizing cutting edge fashion data in a similar way that the latest chess novelties, games and broadcasts are now accessible to the public via engines, databases and online play. This week's New Yorker featured a portrait of 14-year-old fashion prodigy, Tavi Gevinson, who created the popular blog Style Rookie at the age of 11 and now styles shoots for glossy mags and scores coveted front row fashion show seats.The piece could have been about a chess prodigy except in the case of Tavi, much of the article quotes naysayers doubting her skills, something that chess prodigies, with incontestable ratings and results are immune from. As I watched a replay of the G-star fashion show , I caught glimpses of Magnus Carlsen (in the front row along with Liv Tyler), and wondered if Tavi was also in the audience. As unlikely as the intersection of fashion and chess may seem, there are also parallels. G-Star RAW and Magnus Carlsen are making chess more exclusive andmore

accessible at the same time.