my vote goes for fischer on account that he would most likely decline to play the match seeing as hells toilets are much to low to the ground
If magnum carlsen were to play a match against the devil for his soul and world domination?!

and possibly on grounds of speculation the desolate one may or may not in fact be a jew elry thief ;-)

From reading some of the live comments at Wijk Aan Zee, I just assumed Magnus was the devil. Now I'm stumped. . .

The idea simply overcomplicates the world for intelligent souls, aka chess players, because to believe in the desolate one you have to believe in the other guy as well!

The devil would win.

It's obvious a human can't beat a chess engine called Houdini let a lone, An all powerful angel of God who used to be his right hand man.
Satan does not have the time for a silly chess game, he is racing against the clock to doom as many souls as fast as possible to get back at God and to punish the humans.

How come no one has posted an image of the devil playing chess in Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" yet? I would, but my computer chops are most noticeable by their absence.

Devil went up to Norway / he was looking for a soul to steal / he was in a bind he was way behind he was willing to make a deal / when he came across this young man moving his king and pawns so hot / devil jumped up on Norway Spruce stump/ and said boy let me tell you what
I guess you didn't know it but I'm a chesser too / and if you care to take a dare I'll just make a bet with you / now you play a pretty mean endgame boy but give the devil his due / I bet this board and pieces of gold against yer soul cos I think I'm better than you
boy said "my name is Magnus and it might be a sin" but I'll take that bet and you're gonna regret because next to Fischer Capa & Kaspy . . . I'm the best that's ever been
Magnus set up your pieces and play that op'ning hard cos hell's broke lose in Oslo and the Devil deals the cards / if you win you get these shiny pieces made of gold / but if you choke like did with Wojt the devil gets your soul
Devil opened up his case and fire flew from his fingertips as he opened with the Grob, and Magnus just like usual played the op'ning like a slob
by early midgame stockfish said the devil was slighter better / drove ole Carlsen in fact right out his Arctic sweater
When the midgame finished Carlsen said "well yer pretty good ole son," but you just sit your ass right down in the chair and let me show you how it's done!
Sauron sauron got em on the run
devil builds a fortress far from the sun
Anand bowed his head because he knew that he'd been beat and laid them golden pieces on the ground at Magyo's feet / Maggie said Anand come on back if you ever want to try it again / cause I laughed off my head on RxB / and you'll definitely do it again.

OH EM GEE THAT WAS AMAZING
I lOVED READING THAT HAHA
My favorite line:
Devil opened up his case and fire flew from his fingertips as he opened with the Grob, and Magnus just like usual played the op'ning like a slob
Liked the Anand twist at the end there XD

if Magnus is without Jesus then the devil already has Magnus soul and world domination
Amen. Jesus Is Lord.

The devil ran into some metal and fall upside down a pedal, and won a gold medal, he went trent and gave Magnus a dent, and told him he has one last chance to repent, then he noticed his skills were heaven sent, and boom Magnus disappeared and he wondered which way he went, soon after he came after a rafter and according to Google he lost his froogle right before he checkmated his noodle.
Creative random rubbish. Peace.
could magnus win? or would kasparov, fischer, karpov, or possibly talk be a a better opponent to handle the stress of representing the whole human race in a match of wits against the desolate one?