Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsenis a Norwegian chess grandmaster, and the current World Chess Champion...
NationalityNorwegian
ProfessionChess Player
Date of Birth30 November 1990
CityTonsberg, Norway
CountryNorway
children chess humour
I played like a child.
fun giving-up playing-chess
I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.
country school eye
I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening experience and, although I love Norway, I also enjoy visiting new countries. I don't get homesick.
fashion experts stills
Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.
thinking careers chess
Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.
goal people asks
People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.
sports player years
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.
father player chess
My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.
believe chess study
Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.
summer winter hiking
I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.
book chess term
I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.
thinking player games
Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.
upset chess losing
I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
games guy important
I've never been much of a computer guy at least in terms of playing with computers. Actually until I was about 11 I didn't use a computer for preparing for games at all. Now, obviously, the computer is an important tool for me preparing for my games. I analyze when I'm on the computer, either my games or my opponents. But mostly my own.