Szachy w Norwegii - NYT

The studio audience during coverage of Magnus Carlsen's world championship chess match on Norway's state-owned broadcaster, NRK, in Oslo, Nov. 16, 201...

A board shows an interactive game of chess being played by commuters at a transit hub in Oslo, Norway, Nov. 9, 2018. In the home of world champion Mag...

Leo Krohn plays chess on a mobile app in Son, Norway, Nov. 13, 2018. In the home country of world champion Magnus Carlsen, chess has become not just c...

Behind the scenes for Norwegian state television's broadcast of Magnus Carlsen's world championship chess match, in Oslo, Nov. 16, 2018. Booming ratin...

Sonja Krohn, a painter, who says chess has helped keep her mentally sharp at 77, at home in Son, Norway, Nov. 13, 2018. Magnus Carlsen's world champio...

Coverage of Magnus Carlsen's world championship match on Norway's state-owned broadcaster, NRK, in Oslo, Nov. 16, 2018. Booming ratings for Carlsen's...

Youth chess players in Oslo, Norway, the home country of world champion Magnus Carlsen, Nov. 16, 2018. In Norway, chess has become not just cool, but...

People play chess and watch a broadcast of Magnus Carlsen defending his world championship at the Good Knight club in Oslo, Norway, Nov. 17, 2018. In...

Ylva Marie Brath Volent, 11, standing, plays chess with friends after school in Oslo, Norway, Nov. 15, 2018. In the home country of world champion Mag...

Edvin Dybvik plays chess with his son Truls on their house boat in Trondheim, Norway, Nov. 15, 2018. Chess is omnipresent in Norway, the home of the w...

Truls Dybvik plays chess with his father on their house boat in Trondheim, Norway, Nov. 15, 2018. In the home country of world champion Magnus Carlsen...