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„Even though an estimated 600 million people in the world know how to play chess, the vast majority of people these days probably couldn’t name a current pro chess star. They might remember, or have heard about, when Bobby Fischer played Boris Spassky in Iceland in 1972 (the “Cold War of Chess”), or when Garry Kasparov played the IBM (IBM) computer Deep Blue in 1997. If they can name a current chess star—and that’s a big “if”—it is likely only one young man: Magnus Carlsen, who is 25 years old, models for fashion companies with a trademark scowl, and is the No. 1 player in the world” …
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