Champions corner - Magnus Carlsen

[gibson]

http://www.businessinsider.com/an-eveni ... z25loMMHME

check the vid where ultra-nerd carlsen talks about life as a chess player.

magnus carlsen, i think is probably mentally tougher than any track athlete, or any athlete for that matter. you are talking about going two hours+ full out concentration several days in a row.

[gibson]

magnus storms new york.

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8458

and

How 21-Year-Old World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Became Such A Badass

http://www.businessinsider.com/magnus-carlsen-1-ranked-chess-player-2012-7?op=1#ixzz25neMFwjy

[gh]

60 Minutes had a very good piece on him in the last year or so.

[Conor Dary]

I didn't know that the well known economist Kenneth Rogoff was a grandmaster once.