First 13 year old chess genius now earns $1m annually!!

The genius of Norwegian chess player Magnus Carlsen is perhaps best described through numbers.
The first, 13, is he age at which he became a "grand master" of chess, and a household name in Norway. 2861 - Carlsen's player rating, making him the highest-rated chess player in history. And 19 - the age at which he became the world's youngest number one-ranked chess player.
Makes you feel a little inadequate, doesn't it?
And now he's about to go down in history as the greatest chess player of all time, as he battles it out at the World Chess Championships against five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand.
It seems the world just can't get enough of this 22-year-old Norwegian hunk.
He's been dubbed "the Mozart of chess", one of the "the sexiest men of 2013" by Cosmopolitan and earns around $1 million annually just through sponsorship deals with brands such G-Star Raw.
But it's his unusual style of play - one based on intuition rather than computer-generated analysis - that has the chess world spellbound.
"Often I cannot explain a certain move, only know that it feels right, and it seems that my intuition is right more often than not," he said
From an early age, Carlsen's father said, Magnus was able to perform impressive feats of memory, "reciting countries, populations and so on, but that it wasn't until he was eight, when sibling rivalry drove him to beat his older sister at chess, that he really began to focus on the game."
He bypassed university and went on to win the all the major chess titles, including the London Chess Classic in 2009, 2010 and 2012 and the Bilboa Masters in 2011 and 2012.
His life is very different to that of most 22-year-olds. He even dreams about chess in his sleep - "but these dreams are usually connected with something negative. I am losing to players I never normally lose to and I am arriving late and being defaulted; that happens so many times in my dreams - I don't know why.

But despite all his achievements, Carlsen still reckons he's "quite lazy".
"I like to sleep in until noon. Most of my friends have jobs." He does "a bit of yoga", although he adds: "So far I haven't thought of any brilliant chess moves while lying down."
Does he think he's a genius?
"No, I am not. I'm just really, really good at what I do, "I'm fortunate to do something I love, but I'm not a genius." How would he describe himself then? "I guess I'm pretty laid back ... But I am also determined when it comes to chess. I don't like conflicts, apart from on the board. In general I am very different to how I am on the board."
Chess genius Magnus Carlsen was named one of sexiest men of 2013. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
Carlsen currently leads his epic battle with India's Anand 4.5-2.5 after the seventh match ended in a draw.
Chess geeks (and hoards of adoring female fans) watch with baited breath around the world to see if Carlsen passes this last test of his genius.
And he's got some advice for any ladies out there looking to make him their King: don't talk to him about chess.
"I really don't like it when I go out and some girls start talking to me about how they played chess with their grandfather as a kid, I can't stand that. It's boring. I want to talk about whatever else."