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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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Magnus Carlsen
Age: 33
Born: 1990
Born: November 30
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I really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important.
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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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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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I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.
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Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.
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I played like a child!
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I don't really watch too many movies. I don't have the patience usually to watch one, one and a half or two hours in a row.
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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
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I was lucky enough to attend schools where they were understanding about when I needed to go abroad to play chess. Of course, socially it is important to go to school and interact with people your own age.
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I learnt an enormous amount, but there came a point where I found there was too much stress. It was no fun any more. Outside of the chessboard I avoid conflict, so I thought this wasn't worth it.
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I don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.
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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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I've never been much of a computer guy at least in terms of playing with computers. Actually until I was about 11 I didn't use a computer for preparing for games at all. Now, obviously, the computer is an important tool for me preparing for my games. I analyze when I'm on the computer, either my games or my opponents. But mostly my own.
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I'm not really into rap.
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In my experience, when I went to school, and especially in after-school, and during breaks, a lot of people wanted to sit down and play chess up till a certain age when it was not supposed to be cool anymore and people wanted to do other things.
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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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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 feel sorry for players who are always lying awake at night, brooding over their games.
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I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.
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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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