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I'm more interested in the games than the people.

Magnus Carlsen

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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 don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.
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You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes that's what intuition is.
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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 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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I feel sorry for players who are always lying awake at night, brooding over their games.
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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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It's nice to be financially secure. Apart from that, I really don't care too much about money.
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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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Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.
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Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.
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My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.
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People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.
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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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I really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important.
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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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I'm not really into rap.
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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 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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I played like a child!
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