Chess world champion Carlsen is also a top football manager

The 29-year-old Norwegian has taken the lead in the “Fantasy Premier League”. “Kjell Ankerdal”, as Carlsen’s virtual team is called there, climbed to the top with 1159 points, just ahead of “winorloseonthebooze” (1158 points). In the online game, which is also very popular in Carlsen's homeland, over seven million participants worldwide can put together a virtual team consisting of professionals from the top English league. After each match day, the manager receives points - depending on the playing times, goals or other performance data of “his” stars. Carlsen is currently relying on Liverpool professionals Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, Jamie Vardy and Caglar Söyüncü from Leicester City and Heung-Min Son (Tottenham), among others. He said about his game strategy that it was “not exactly groundbreaking.” He relies on statistics, but also on his gut feeling. Carlsen is still proud of the leadership. When he took over number one, he changed his status on Twitter. In addition to his World Cup title and world number 1 position in chess, it now says: “Currently #1 Fantasy Premier League player.”

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Chess world champion Carlsen is also a top football manager

Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen is also an ace as a football manager.