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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 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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When you have fun then you're more interested in learning.
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My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.
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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
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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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I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.
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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 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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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'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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I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
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Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.
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What I admired most about him [Bobby Fischer] was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to emulate him.
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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 really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important.
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I played like a child!
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Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
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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.
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