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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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Magnus Carlsen
Age: 33
Born: 1990
Born: November 30
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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've never really had a favorite player, past or present.
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