He has always been interested in the history of chess and has had the chance to play both Karpov and Kasparov, two legends of the game. But if he could play anyone in history who would it be? “I think the top ones would be Fischer and Capablanca, maybe Mikhail Tal, but I think I would beat Tal pretty easily. Fischer would be more difficult, but I think I could beat him too”. [Read more].
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- Nigel Farndale, Football-mad, mobbed by girls and easily bored: Meet Magnus Carlsen, the world’s greatest chess player, The Telegraph, November 27, 2015
“I lie in bed until slightly before lunchtime”. Photo credit: Andrea Gjestvang/Panos Pictures.
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