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Magnus Carlsen fans cheer for the World No. 1 at the Chennai World Chess Championship 2013 versus Viswanathan Anand. They are the ‘Pyjama Girls’.
The girls were happy enough to turn around for us! This is a photo of them at school where they often play chess. .
Amalie Pedersen (the blonde in Black) told us, “My friends and I, sat and watched Carlsen against Vishy Anand. We love Magnus Carlsen and wanted to give Carlsen our support, so we got my mom to take a picture of us and we posted it on twitter with hashtag #nrksjakk.”
Amalie told us, “We are four girls of 16 years, who are studying in our first year in high school. We are all very interested in chess, and especially Magnus Carlsen. We have followed through on Carlsen’s progress in chess since we were 10 years old. He is our idol. But when we play chess, it’s just for fun and as a hobby.”
“Sometimes we have chess evenings together where we sit and play some chess. I think that Magnus has great chances to win the title of World Champion in chess. He is smart and I think he has planned some good moves, and he has the highest chess rating of all time,” she said.
GM Nigel Short ?was quick to tweet: Why weren’t there any girls taking their clothes off when I played the World Ch? #jealous
GM Parimarjan Negi promptly tweeted back: I guess Aruna is hoping that Indian girls are not so daring :)
The girls said, “We tuned in to the World Chess Championship match first on Saturday. And, now we cannot stop watching. Magnus Carlsen has become our idol. We are interested in chess and have special interest in Carlsen.”
Speaking about their town, Amalie said, “We live in a small place called Andebu. It is slightly off Tøsnberg which is Norway’s oldest city. In middle school we had a chess board in the classroom that anyone could use during recess, but otherwise it’s not so much chess interest here. However, we are interested in chess now with this World Chess Championship Match, so more young people could also be interested now in Norway.”
