Game Changer
November, 2013
CAN A NEW PRODIGY SAVE CHESS, OR IS IT ALREADY TOO LATE?• Magnus Carlsen is angry, and his thick, furrowed brow could drive fear into steely men. With his thuggish face staring out from an ad for G-Star Raw denim, he looks more like a boxer than a Norwegian chess grand master. In 2010 he became the youngest top-rated player ever. At 22 he is an unlikely poster child for the game; come his 23rd birthday this November 30, he could be its king.This month in Chennai, India,Carlsen will battle 43-...
