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Magnus Carlsen has opponent's phone snatched by arbiter after obliging selfie request at Grenke Chess Festival

Published on: April 4, 2026, 1:19 a.m. | Source: Firstpost

Magnus Carlsen found himself getting a selfie request for the second time in the span of a year at the Grenke Chess Festival in Karlsruhe. And though he obliged Kazakhstan WGM Alua Nurman's request, the world No 1 made it a point to contact an arbiter right after. ugh he obliged

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