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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.

Magnus Carlsen

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Magnus Carlsen
Age: 34
Born: 1990
Born: November 30
Chess Player
Model
Tonsberg
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen
Beats
Across
Sitting
Choose
Style
Unpleasant
Guy
Moves
Moving
Psychology
Trying
Beat

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I really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important.
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I'm definitely the first no.1 in the world since Fischer, and probably at least since Kasparov, who probably has the most potential to dominate for the foreseeable future.
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My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.
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Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.
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Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
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I played like a child!
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I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening experience and, although I love Norway, I also enjoy visiting new countries. I don't get homesick.
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Of course, analysis can sometimes give more accurate results than intuition but usually it’s just a lot of work. I normally do what my intuition tells me to do. Most of the time spent thinking is just to double-check.
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Not winning a tournament is not an option for me, unless it's no longer theoretically possible - then of course winning becomes impossible. But up to that point, not winning is just not an option.
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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 honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.
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For me, the most important thing is to continue to play well and to be a positive figure and hopefully a role model for kids as well.
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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
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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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Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.
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I'm more interested in the games than the people.
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There are so many games that I've seen that I've learned from. I never - that's also part of the same - never single out a particular player or a particular game.
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I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.
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Kids love games and chess is a game where you have to sit down and concentrate and it just helps in every way.
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I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
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