60 Minutes: Magnus Carlsen

Found this clip on YouTube after I was looking for clips of the Bobby Fischer/Boris Spassky matches in Iceland in 1972. Had just finished watching the movie Pawn Sacrifice (about the aforementioned matches) which was very good, so I eventually ended up on this clip about Magnus Carlsen. He became World Chess Champion just shy of his 23rd birthday in 2013 and is still the champ. Watching what he does (starting at the 1:00 minute mark) is amazing. I wish I had this kind of mental capacity.

The video was posted in 2012

 

Wesley So of the U.S. just dominated him recently in the Fischer Random World Chess Champoinship held in Carlsen's native country Norway.