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Magnus Carlsen

(1990) Chess Player

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Magnus Carlsen is a chess player, best known for Grind Like a Grandmaster.

Quick Facts About Magnus Carlsen

Born: November 30, 1990
Profession: Chess Player
Notable works: Grind Like a Grandmaster

About Magnus Carlsen

Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, reigning six-time World Rapid Chess Champion, reigning nine-time World Blitz Chess Champion and the reigning FIDE Freestyle Chess World Champion. Carlsen has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE rankings since 1 July 2011, the longest consecutive period, and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world. Carlsen's peak rating of 2882 is the highest in history. He also holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak at the elite level in classical chess at 125 games.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Magnus Carlsen

I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person.

Chess

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

Games

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I've never really had a favorite player, past or present.

Past

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I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I…

Chess

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You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're -…

Absolutes

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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.

Beautiful

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I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.

Chess

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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.

Nature

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I played like a child.

Chess

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I really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important.

Enjoy

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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…

Beats

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If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.

People

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I can’t count the times I have lagged seemingly hopelessly far behind, and nobody except myself thinks I can win. But I…

Balance

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My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.

Chess

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You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you’re the…

Belief

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Self-confidence is very important. If you don't think you can win, you will take cowardly decisions in the crucial moments, out of…

Always believe

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In my experience, when I went to school, and especially in after-school, and during breaks, a lot of people wanted to sit…

After school

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I don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.

Beats

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I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.

Chess

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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…

Firsts

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I'm not really into rap.

Rap

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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…

Chess

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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…

Half

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Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

Appeals

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You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes; that's what intuition is.

Feels

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Magnus Carlsen by topic

Chess (31) Games (12) Thinking (10) Player (10) People (10)