Soccer star Erling Haaland invests in new chess tour

Manchester City and Norway striker Erling Haaland wants to bring new audiences to chess after becoming a strategic investor in a world championship tour scheduled to launch next year. He has helped to establish a company called Chess Mates and that will be a “significant owner” of Norway Chess, the owner of the Total Chess World Championship Tour. Haaland says “chess is an incredible game. It sharpens the mind, and there are clear similarities to football." He is starting to branch out with his business interests, launching his own YouTube channel last year that has more than 1.4 million subscribers.