Magnus Carlsen, A Life in Pictures

Faktisk en praktbok med flere hundre bilder av Magnus Carlsen i ulike sammenhenger fra tidlig barndom til 2021. Utenom bildetekstene har Jonathan Tisdall skrevet gode innledninger til hver tidsperiode som boka er delt i.

Den eneste perioden som er tynt dekket i boka, er de aller første årene til Magnus som turneringsspiller fra 1999, da boka generelt handler lite om deltagelser i Norge i alle årene før Norway Chess. Men det er atskillig flott og spennende fra den store verden.

Forlagets egen omtale:

Magnus Carlsen: A Life in Pictures tells the story of the reigning World Chess Champion. Magnus Carlsen, born in 1990, became a Grandmaster by 13. Carlsen was crowned World Champion in 2013, when he defeated Anand and has successfully defended his title three times. He will again play for the title in November in Dubai.

Carlsen is a family man, often surrounded by his father, mother and sisters. As a sports fanatic he plays – and follows – football and basketball. He doesn’t shy away from his celebrity status, and was both a G-Star model and a Real Madrid VIPguest. But his most genuine smile breaks through when he talks chess with his youngest fans, the kids in a chess tournament.

This full-colour and hardcover photobook tells the story of Magnus Carlsen - with no games, but with hundreds of fascinating pictures. For this book, New In Chess had access to the Carlsen family archive and the pictures of the best chess photographers in the world, such as Lennart Ootes, David Llada, Alina l'Ami, Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam and many others. The text is by GM Jonathan Tisdall.