India, June 2 -- Bjarte Leer-Helgesen is a chess trainer in Norway, who worked as a coach in Magnus Carlsen's first chess club. He knews Carlsen's father, who would bring both his kids to the club. According to Bjarte, he saw first-hand how good Carlsen was as a eight-year old, and how he grew as a player, growing over weeks, rather than across months.

According to Indian Express, Bjarte also worked as a prison chaplain and played chess with inmates. He said, "Chess is the perfect sport for a person in jail because it takes such a long time. And time is the one thing people in prison have."

"I was always really interested in chess as a way of connecting with people, be it friends or people I don't share the same belief or political view...