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'''Magnus Carlsen''' is the reigning world champion in [[chess]], and symbolic of the resurgence in interest in the game.  He is one of the top celebrities in his home country of [[Norway]], where his televised matches often attracted larger audiences than other television shows.

'''Magnus Carlsen''' is the reigning world champion in [[chess]], and symbolic of the resurgence in interest in the game.  He is one of the top celebrities in his home country of [[Norway]], where his televised matches often attracted larger audiences than other television shows.

He is one of the highest-ranked players of all time, and is as good at [[blitz chess]] as the classical format.

He is one of the highest-ranked players of all time, and is as good at [[blitz chess]] as the classical format.

Carlsen is also a leader in courageously standing against cheating in chess, and thereby protecting the integrity of the game.  He was ridiculed by [[liberal]] internet [[troll]]s for defaulting after his first move in a widely viewed game in September 2022, which Carlsen apparently did in protest of prior cheating suspected of his opponent.

Carlsen is also a leader in courageously standing against cheating in chess, and thereby protecting the integrity of the game.  He was ridiculed by [[liberal]] internet [[troll]]s for defaulting after his first move in a widely viewed game in September 2022, which Carlsen apparently did in protest of prior cheating suspected of his opponent.