
How do you become a chess grandmaster? Magnus Carlsen is here to tell you
CNN
You don't get to be the world No. 1-ranked chess player without plotting multiple moves ahead.
"I have a simple rule in life, if you are to fight the champ in anything -- do it virtually," quipped Magnus Carlsen in a tweet after it was announced a 10-year-old app version of himself was going to take on former world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao in a charity chess match on October 1.
A keen chess player, Pacquiao is also all too aware of the challenge he's facing.

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