Quotes by Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen

All I expect are wins and to get pleasure from the game. And if someone thinks something about me, if someone’s dissatisfied with something… that’s not my headache. I hope someday I’ll become World Champion – and I’ll make all these people happy. But even if for some reason that doesn’t happen it won’t stop me getting pleasure from chess. I’m sure of that.

Games

Thinking

Winning

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

Doe

Minorities

Sports

Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.

Believe

Chess

Practice

For me right now I think being the world number one is a bigger deal than being the world champion because I think it shows better who plays the best chess. That sounds self-serving but I think it’s also right.

Play

Self

Thinking

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.

Kids

Play

Role Models

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

Chess

Might

Normal

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.

Guy

Moving

Psychology

I can’t count the times I have lagged seemingly hopelessly far behind, and nobody except myself thinks I can win. But I have pulled myself in from desperate [situations]. When you are behind there are two strategies – counter-attack or all men to the defences. I’m good at finding the right balance between those.

Men

Thinking

Winning

I don’t consider myself a particularly young chess player. I have been playing in the best tournaments in the world since I was 16 years old. In other sports, if you have been playing for seven years, you are not a young prodigy any more. You’re one of the pros.

Player

Sports

Years

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

Interesting

Looks

Opponents

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Believe

Book

Care

Careers

Cheer

Chess

Children

Country

Different

Doe

Down And

Elements

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Experts

Eye

Facts

Fashion

Father

Firsts

Fischer

Football

Fun

Games

Giving

Giving Up

Goal

Guy

Half

Having Fun

Hiking

Humour

I've Learned

Important

Intelligent

Interesting

Intuition

Issues

Kids

Learning

Looks

Losing

Lying

Marketing

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Quotes by Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen

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

Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.

For me right now I think being the world number one is a bigger deal than being the world champion because I think it shows better who plays the best chess. That sounds self-serving but I think it’s also right.

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.

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

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.

I don’t consider myself a particularly young chess player. I have been playing in the best tournaments in the world since I was 16 years old. In other sports, if you have been playing for seven years, you are not a young prodigy any more. You’re one of the pros.

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

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