Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess prodigy with Brando-ish good looks and an intuitive skill that allowed him to bamboozle Garry Kasparov and play 10 games while blindfolded and win every one. His supporters have branded him the “Mozart of chess”, which also implies that he might be more than a little unhinged, although Carlsen himself balks at the suggestion (“I’m not one of these borderline nutcases,” he insists at one point). Documentaries about decent, quiet boy geniuses might have a nice novelty value. But it risks leaving Magnus looking niche interest at best.
