Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game

Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game

Magnus Carlsen is bored of the game he’s mastered. He wants to change the rules and add a touch of reality TV.

Bored With Chess? Magnus Carlsen Wants to Remake the Game

"Magnus Carlsen, the world's top chess player, is bored of chess," the Washington Post wrote Friday: Carlsen has spent much of the past year appearing to dismiss the game he has mastered: It was no longer exciting to play, he told a podcast in March. In December, he withdrew from defending a world ...