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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.

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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Concentrate
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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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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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