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Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.
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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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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I played like a child!
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