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Magnus Carlsen
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Magnus Carlsen
Age: 33
Born: 1990
Born: November 30
Chess Player
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Tonsberg
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen
Rap
Really
More quotes by Magnus Carlsen
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 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.
Magnus Carlsen
I don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.
Magnus Carlsen
I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.
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Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.
Magnus Carlsen
I feel sorry for players who are always lying awake at night, brooding over their games.
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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.
Magnus Carlsen
People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.
Magnus Carlsen
It's nice to be financially secure. Apart from that, I really don't care too much about money.
Magnus Carlsen
I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.
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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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Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.
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Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.
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When you have fun then you're more interested in learning.
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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.
Magnus Carlsen
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
I'm more interested in the games than the people.
Magnus Carlsen
You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes that's what intuition is.
Magnus Carlsen
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.
Magnus Carlsen
It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
Magnus Carlsen