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Magnus Carlsen
Age: 33
Born: 1990
Born: November 30
Chess Player
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Tonsberg
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen
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I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.
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I'm more interested in the games than the people.
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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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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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My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.
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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 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.
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I feel sorry for players who are always lying awake at night, brooding over their games.
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You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes that's what intuition is.
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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 don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.
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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
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