比爾蓋茨對弈23歲國際象棋棋王 9步完敗
Newly crowned Norwegian world chess champion Magnus Carlsen took just nine moves to checkmate Bill Gates in a speed game to be aired later on Friday.
在週五的一檔電視節目中，新晉國際象棋世界冠軍芒努斯-卡爾森同比爾-蓋茨進行了一場國際象棋超快棋友誼賽。
Challenged to a game in a chat show hosted by well-known Norwegian television presenter Fredrik Skavlan and due to be shown in Norway, Denmark and Sweden, Microsoft founder Gates said before the game that the challenge had 'a predetermined outcome.'
這場由挪威著名主持人Fredrik Skavlan來主持的比賽，將會在挪威、丹麥和瑞典播出。在比賽前，比爾-蓋茨就預言“這次挑戰的結果顯而易見。”
Gates, 58, who was ranked by Forbes magazine this year as the world's second-richest person behind Mexico's Carlos Slim, had 2 minutes to make his moves against just 30 seconds for Carlsen. He lost to the 23-year-old in around 1 minute 20 seconds.
現年58歲的比爾-蓋茨在今年的福布斯富豪排行榜中，排在第二，僅次於墨西哥富豪卡洛斯。在比賽中，比爾蓋茨可以有2分鐘的比賽時間，而對手卡爾森的比賽用時僅有30秒。但是，蓋茨僅用了1分20秒就輸給了這位23歲的國際象棋大師。
Asked by Skavlan under what circumstances he felt intellectually inadequate, Gates answered: 'When I play chess with him (Carlsen).'
當主持人問比爾蓋茨什麼時候感到腦子不夠用時，比爾蓋茨回答說“剛剛和卡爾森下棋的時候”。
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.
卡爾森從13歲起就成了國際象棋大師，他在去年國際象棋世界冠軍賽中挑戰維斯瓦納坦-阿南德並獲勝，成爲國際象棋棋王。
