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
games chess today
The Nanjing games are homework by Garry Kasparov and me, [...] Today's game was provided by Garry.
fun stress chess
I learnt an enormous amount, but there came a point where I found there was too much stress. It was no fun any more. Outside of the chessboard I avoid conflict, so I thought this wasn't worth it.
sports minorities chess
Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.
people risk want
If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.
past player games
There wasn't any particular player I modeled my game after. I tried to learn from everyone and create my own style. I studied past players. Truth be told I never had a favorite player. It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people. I just go try to learn.
thinking chess overconfidence
I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant.
moving intuition sometimes
You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes; that's what intuition is.
chess talent satisfied
Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.
winning thinking games
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.
trying elements enjoyment
Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.
moving guy psychology
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.
intelligent men people
One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people - men of the stature of Garry Kasparov, the former world champion, who was my part-time coach.
winning needs belief
You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you’re the best and that you’ll win every time.
self-confidence winning opportunity
Self-confidence is very important. If you don't think you can win, you will take cowardly decisions in the crucial moments, out of sheer respect for your opponent. You see the opportunity but also greater limitations than you should. I have always believed in what I do on the chessboard, even when I had no objective reason to. It is better to overestimate your prospects than underestimate them.