Magnus Carlsen’s Mind-Blowing Memory of Historic Chess Matches

How many his­toric chess games can Mag­nus Carlsen rec­og­nize just by look­ing at the place­ment of chess pieces on the board? It turns out a lot. And that’s part­ly what makes him the reign­ing World Chess Cham­pi­on.

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