Magnus Carlsen set to launch a new career

[Swaminathan]

http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6483

The world's highest ranked chess player is set to launch a new career as a – oops, we are not allowed to say until after the official announcement tomorrow. But it is okay for you to guess. Tennis? Soccer? Action movies? We can tell you that it is a side career, and that Magnus has no intention of abandoning the game he is so very good at. Unless of course he really gets into the new gig. Curious?

But it is big, and he will be very visible in the news for the rest of the year (at least). Anyway, you are on your own. Of course you are not going to guess it. Never. Not in a million years.

[Jeremy Bernstein]

http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6483

The world's highest ranked chess player is set to launch a new career as a – oops, we are not allowed to say until after the official announcement tomorrow. But it is okay for you to guess. Tennis? Soccer? Action movies? We can tell you that it is a side career, and that Magnus has no intention of abandoning the game he is so very good at. Unless of course he really gets into the new gig. Curious?

But it is big, and he will be very visible in the news for the rest of the year (at least). Anyway, you are on your own. Of course you are not going to guess it. Never. Not in a million years.

Fußball! . Or table tennis.

jb

[Swaminathan]

http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6483

The world's highest ranked chess player is set to launch a new career as a – oops, we are not allowed to say until after the official announcement tomorrow. But it is okay for you to guess. Tennis? Soccer? Action movies? We can tell you that it is a side career, and that Magnus has no intention of abandoning the game he is so very good at. Unless of course he really gets into the new gig. Curious?

But it is big, and he will be very visible in the news for the rest of the year (at least). Anyway, you are on your own. Of course you are not going to guess it. Never. Not in a million years.

Fußball! . Or table tennis.

jb

Could be. But Chessbase makes it sound like he's gonna be a coach/Second for Kasparov, and that Kasparov will start playing serious tournaments again.

[Andrew]

My guess is that he's appearing in a tv commercial.

[Martin Thoresen]

Here it is, he's in fashion now!

Together with Liv Tyler.

Norwegian link:

http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10002973