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| Bill Gates checkmated in 9 moves by ‘Justin Bieber of chess’ Posted: 24 Jan 2014 06:18 PM PST Challenged to a game in a chat show hosted by well-known Norwegian television presenter Fredrik Skavlan and shown in Norway, Denmark and Sweden, Microsoft founder Gates said before the game that the challenge had "a predetermined outcome". Gates, 58, who was ranked by Forbes magazine this year as the world's second-richest person behind Mexico's Carlos Slim, had two minutes to make his moves against just 30 seconds for Carlsen. He lost to the 23-year-old in around 1 minute 20 seconds. "Wow, that was fast," he said to Carlsen, whose rockstar appeal has won him the moniker, the "Justin Bieber of chess". The programme was recorded on Wednesday in London, Norwegian TV NRK said. Asked by Skavlan under what circumstances he felt intellectually inadequate, Gates answered: "When I play chess with him (Carlsen)". Carlsen, a grandmaster since he was 13, received non-stop television coverage in Norway when he beat defending champion Viswanathan Anand of India last November to take his first world title. – Reuters, January 25, 2014. |
| Phil Collins working with British songstress Adele Posted: 24 Jan 2014 05:27 PM PST The former "Genesis" frontman, who effectively retired from music a few years ago, gave no more details of his cooperation with the multiple Grammy-winning British songstress. "I've just started to work with Adele," he told a TV interviewer for Inside South Florida, adding: "She contacted me to write together." Collins, 62, said he had not known much about 25-year-old London-born Adele, who had huge hits with songs including "Someone Like You" and "Rolling in the Deep". "I wasn't actually too aware. I live in a cave," he joked. "But she's achieved an incredible amount. I really love her voice. I love some of that stuff she's done, too," he added. Adele had a baby following the worldwide success of her second album, "21", released in February 2011. She won another Grammy last year for the 007 theme tune "Skyfall", and is working on a new album, according to Rolling Stone. Some media reports have suggested it could be released in mid 2014. Last month, "21" became the first album to pass three million digital sales in the United States, according to leading online tracking company Nielsen. It continues to enjoy robust sales and so far has sold 26 million copies worldwide. Collins, the drummer-turned-frontman of Genesis who went on to sell more than 100 million albums as a solo artist, announced in March 2011 that he was calling it a day to concentrate on being a full-time father to two young sons. His comments came two days before the 56th annual Grammy Awards show this weekend in Los Angeles. - AFP, January 25, 2014. |
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