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"Justin Beiber of chess".

'The Mozart of chess' is the general consensus. The 'Justin Beiber of chess' is rather insulting.

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I agree with you, I was sarcastically quoting the article this was linked to.

2nd paragraph under the video:

""Wow, that was fast," he said to Carlsen, whose rockstar appeal has won him the moniker the "Justin Bieber of chess.""

Haha ouch. That's awful.

I couldn't agree more! Why would anyone come up with "Justin Bieber of Chess"?

Freelance journalists aren't paid by the word anymore, they are paid by the Bieber. No sense writing an article without the word Bieber in it, that's not worth a dime.

No one would've been talking about it if they said Mozart of Chess.

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