I just wonder how long I can keep this thread up. I've just given the thread a boost.
Magnus Carlsen. Sex symbol.

Magnus is definitely not a guy who would impress average girls on the street. Actually, he looks a little clumsy.
This has nothing to do with my opinion about him. He seems to me a pretty normal guy you would like to have a chat or a beer with !
But he is DEFINED as being sexy by the media just because he has success.
Success means money and power, and THIS, together with the publicity, turns some women on.
Imagine if you put a line up of men in front of a hold blooded woman:
Magnus Carlsen
Old Spice man on a horse
Justin Bieber
Lian Neeson
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Which one would girls swoon for? I don't know. I'd have to ask some girls.

It depends on what the women know. Young girls jump on Justin, because they all him, and they were told he is a hero, easy to believe if you see his money.
Older women , of 20 to 40 jump on Neeson, because they know him, and he has this flair of independence, and ruthlessness.
Very few know Magnus, but if they would have been told he was the smartest man on earth, manifested by the money he earns from chess, some , believe it or not, will have wet dreams, too....

Newsflash just in!!!
Austin Powers agrees to coach Magnum Carlsen to superstud status for an undisclosed fee!!
Surely the time has come. Daniel Radcliffe is old hat. The old spice guy has ridden his horse. It is time for a new man and a new sex symbol for every hot-blooded woman.
It is time for Magnus.
With proper media exposure this young stallion of the chessboard will be getting more checkmates that he can deliver on a chessboard.
Thinking women of the world! Unite! You have before you...MAGNUS.
p.s as a member of the male sex I claim no personal interest in this mighty chess progidy. I present him to the fairer sex who are fortunate enough to enjoy looking at him.