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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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People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.
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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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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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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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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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Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.
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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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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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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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I played like a child!
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My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.
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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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When you have fun then you're more interested in learning.
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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.
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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'm more interested in the games than the people.
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I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.
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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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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
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