Daily Shaarli
February 24, 2020
Magnus Carlsen, world chess champion, plays online speed chess under pseudonyms and livestreams his matches.

There’s something hypnotizing about watching a guy known as “the Mozart of chess”—a player who is quantifiably better than Bobby Fischer—taking a big gulp of beer, announcing his position as “completely winning,” then singing along to Dr. Dre saying “motherfuck the police” while coasting into another quick checkmate.