Reigning champion Viswanathan Anand, age 43, faces off against 22-year-old upstart Magnus Carlsen of Norway-nicknamed the "Mozart of Chess" because of his meteoric rise at such a young age.
"Many people regard the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen as the greatest chess talent to come along since perhaps Bobby Fischer," Rogoff told CNBC.
According to British betting house Ladbrokes, Carlsen is the odds-on
heavy favorite. Hirsch is in that camp-he has a bet on the Norwegian
winning the title. Hirsch knows Carlsen personally and traveled to see
him play last month in St Louis at the Sinquefield Cup.
You can watch all the massive chess action live! My bet is that Magnus will bring out his queen first to intimidate Anand. That is what Mozart would have done!
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