Carlsen, Magnus

Magnus Carlsen became the sixteenth World Champion in 2013 and is widely regarded as the greatest chess player of all time, holding the all-time peak rating record of 2882 and spending over a decade as world number one. The Norwegian prodigy earned his grandmaster title at 13 and has won virtually every major title in classical, rapid, and blitz chess. His grinding, relentless style of extracting wins from seemingly drawn positions earned him comparisons to a boa constrictor.