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People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.

Magnus Carlsen

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Magnus Carlsen
Age: 34
Born: 1990
Born: November 30
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Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen
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I played like a child!
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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 get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
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You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes that's what intuition is.
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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 really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important.
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I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening experience and, although I love Norway, I also enjoy visiting new countries. I don't get homesick.
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I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.
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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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I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.
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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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Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.
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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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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'm more interested in the games than the people.
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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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Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
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Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.
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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'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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