{"id":9849,"date":"2022-11-20T17:31:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T17:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/?p=9849"},"modified":"2022-11-20T17:31:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T17:31:22","slug":"messi-and-ronaldo-play-chess-in-louis-vuitton-campaign-and-the-position-is-from-norway-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/2022\/11\/20\/messi-and-ronaldo-play-chess-in-louis-vuitton-campaign-and-the-position-is-from-norway-chess\/","title":{"rendered":"Messi and Ronaldo Play Chess in Louis Vuitton Campaign (and the position is from Norway Chess)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As two of the greatest soccer players ever, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0are used to breaking records on and off the pitch. But the pair broke the internet on Saturday night, one day ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, as they posted an advert on Instagram playing chess on a Louis Vuitton briefcase. And w<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">hat an honor it is that the board position for this photo is from a game between World Champion Magnus Carlsen and Grandmaster\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hikaru Nakamura from round 3 of Norway Chess in 2017!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9850\" src=\"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Louis-Vuitton-2022-888x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"888\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Louis-Vuitton-2022-888x1024.png 888w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Louis-Vuitton-2022-260x300.png 260w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Louis-Vuitton-2022-130x150.png 130w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Louis-Vuitton-2022-207x239.png 207w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Louis-Vuitton-2022.png 1166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Magnus Carlsen comments to chess24.com: &#8220;The original is from my game with Nakamura in Norway Chess 2017, a very tumultuous event for me. I ended up with minus one and at several points during the tournament was I in risk of dropping to number two or three or even four in the world. It was tough!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Carlsen-Nakamura match, aptly, ended in a draw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Watch Magnus Carlsen&#8217;s reaction to the chess\u00a0position on the iconic Leibovitz photo<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WORLD CHESS CHAMPION on WORLD CUP PHOTO of RONALDO and MESSI\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UNqn-GjNsB8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As two of the greatest soccer players ever, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0are used to breaking records on and off the pitch. But the pair broke the internet on Saturday night, one day ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, as they posted an advert on Instagram playing chess on a Louis Vuitton briefcase. 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