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I feel sorry for players who are always lying awake at night, brooding over their games.
Magnus Carlsen
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Magnus Carlsen
Age: 34
Born: 1990
Born: November 30
Chess Player
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Tonsberg
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen
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