Football-mad, mobbed by girls and easily bored: Meet Magnus Carlsen, the world's greatest chess player

A heavy mist is descending as I approach what I hope is the right house, a modernist eyrie surrounded by young pines on a hillside above Oslo.

Chesscademy (@Chesscademy) / X

A stunning move shakes the chess world : NPR

Megathread: Hans/Magnus Controversy - Chessable

Magnus Carlsen: How the World's Best Chess Player Lost His Motivation

Megathread: Hans/Magnus Controversy - Chessable

Whatever fits Magnus carlsen, Magnus, St louis

Joseph Boronka (@jb2008canada) / X

5710.aa39181f.5000x5000o.46fc4ba42b7c.png

Magnus Carlsen: grandmaster flash, Magnus Carlsen

Do you think you could beat the world's greatest chess player if

Magnus Carlsen Is Giving Up The World Title. But The Carlsen Era

Magnus Carlsen says he has no 'inclination' to defend his world

Football-mad, mobbed by girls and easily bored: Meet Magnus