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You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the best and you'll win every time.

Magnus Carlsen

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Magnus Carlsen
Age: 33
Born: 1990
Born: November 30
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Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen
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It's nice to be financially secure. Apart from that, I really don't care too much about money.
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I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.
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People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.
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Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.
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I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and his style.
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