(English) Chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen: ‘Bobby Fischer is my dream opponent’

Magnus Carlsen is used to breaking records. At 13 he became the world’s youngest chess grandmaster. Six years later, at the age of 19, the baby-faced Norwegian was named the World No. 1 — again, the youngest player to hold the title.
Now 25-years-old, the international poster boy of chess might have been one of the youngest players at the prestigious 2015 London Chess Classic — but that clearly wasn’t going to stop him taking home the trophy on Sunday.
We sat down with the chess genius, asking him questions posed by YOU using the hashtag #AskMagnus. And we were inundated with questions from the public — everything from Carlsen’s eating habits to his ultimate opponent.