Magnus Beyond the Board

Inside the Life of the Greatest Chess Player of All Time

von Timothy Brooks

280 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

What is Magnus Carlsen like when the chessboard is no longer the center of the story?Magnus Carlsen is known around the world as one of the greatest chess players who has ever lived. But behind the titles, records and intense tournament stare is a far more surprising person: a boy obsessed with maps and Lego, a teenager who hated homework, a football fanatic who once reached number one in Fantasy Premier League, a reluctant fashion model, a poker enthusiast, an increasingly obsessed golfer, an entrepreneur, a husband and now a father.Magnus Beyond the Board explores the lesser-known life of Magnus Carlsen outside competition. Drawing on years of interviews, profiles, public appearances and firsthand accounts from the people around him, the book looks at the family that shaped him, the unusual childhood that took him across Europe, his fierce dislike of losing, his humor and awkwardness, his friendships, business ventures, relationship with fame, clashes with authority and the strange collection of interests that continually compete for his attention.Along the way, readers will discover stories that reveal a side of Magnus rarely captured by tournament results: why his sisters helped keep him grounded, how he ended up modelling alongside Hollywood actresses, why golf became an obsession, what happened when he reached the top of Fantasy Premier League, why he walked away from the world championship, how he approaches marriage and fatherhood, and what happens when someone who has spent his life chasing the next goal begins to run out of things left to prove.This is not a move-by-move account of a chess career. It is a portrait of the person behind one of the most remarkable minds in modern sport.For longtime Magnus fans and curious newcomers alike, Magnus Beyond the Board offers a closer, more human look at the man the world usually sees only across sixty-four squares.

• ISBN: 9798194248117
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.08.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp