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Chess Grand Master falls asleep during game

Chess Grand Master falls asleep during game

Magnus Carlsen actually dropped off as he played a key match in a head-to-head clash to decide the best player in the world – yet still somehow managed a draw.

"I wasn't in the best of shape," said Carlsen, who drew Game 8 of the World Chess Championship with Viswantahan Anand to retain his one-point lead.

Carlsen has previously been dubbed the 'world’s greatest ‘sports’ star you’ve probably never heard of’, so we have put together a profile of the man himself, which can be read here.