NY Times story on Magnus Carlsen

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/sports/shrewd-marketing-moves-for-top-ranked-chess-player-magnus-carlsen.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

Originally posted by woodypusher
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/sports/shrewd-marketing-moves-for-top-ranked-chess-player-magnus-carlsen.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

I guess any western figure who excels in chess is headed for media glory, it seems.

“At one event the company said that if anyone beat him, they’d get all their student loans paid for,” Agdestein said, “which was kind of sadistic.”

Now wouldn't it make quite a story if someone did!