Magnus is currently ranked number three in the world, with a rating of 2772. To give some level of comparison to this young man's genius, once a player reaches a rating of around 2600, he or she is generally considered to be able to move the pieces with his or her mind. Also, only four players have ever exceeded a rating of 2800 (Kasparov, Topalov, Kramnik, and Anand), So Mr. Magnus is poised to overthrow (he's only 19).
Magnus has a knack for kicking ass and taking names. He single handedly wiped out a tournament full of top competitors at Wijk aan Zee 2009, then told the Grand Prix tournament to go fuck itself. Why? Because the kid just don't play that way (Okay, in all honesty, I've done no research whatsoever for this post. I remember reading on Magnus' blog that he was not participating in some tournament for some reason, and I don't even know if he competed at Wijk ann Zee, let alone dominated).
This is the game where he beat the bag out of Vladimir Kramnik, one of the eastern European heavies that Russia seems to produce en masse every few years. Watch, and be amazed:
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(hide chess board)Lest you think that he can only play chess, here is a video of him during an interview. Watch as the interviewer tries to make Magnus look foolish, only to be fed a steaming pile of his own ass.
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