World chess champion Magnus Carlsen on the brink of reaching top spot in Premier League Fantasy Football as he climbs to SIXTH in table of over seven million people thanks to Jamie Vardy and Mohamed Salah

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World chess champion Magnus Carlsen has climbed to an astonishing sixth place in the Premier League Fantasy Football rankings!

Carlsen has dominated the world of chess for around a decade now, but it seems he also flourishes in the world of fantasy football. 

The Norwegian's team, named Kjell Ankedal, has risen to sixth out of 7 million players worldwide after a gameweek where captaining Mohamed Salah against Bournemouth paid off with a 26-point return.  

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Magnus Carlsen, the 2018 World Chess Champion, is sixth in the Fantasy Football rankings 
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Carlsen's team, named Kjell Ankedal, is sixth out of over 7 million people playing worldwide 
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The Norwegian chess grandmaster is on 1077 points, just 32 points off the worldwide leader 

Carlsen's team also featured standout weekend performers Heung-Son Min, who scored a wonderful solo goal against Burnley, and Jamie Vardy who scored for the eighth Premier League game running. 

The 29-year-old is a known lover of Premier League football, and is often seen kicking a ball about before chess tournaments worldwide. 

He is currently in London competing at the London Chess Classic at Olympia. 

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Carlsen often plays football in his spare time, around playing chess tournaments worldwide 

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