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born 1990 Norway
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is currently the number one ranked player in the world. In January 2010 he became the seventh player ranked number one in the world on the official FIDE rankings list.
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I feel sorry for players who are always lying awake at night, brooding over their games.
I love the game, and I love to compete, but I am not obsessed with the struggle.
He played the Berlin, I played the most solid line, yada yada yada, let's go to the doping control.
I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
According to Garry [Kasparov], if you make 10 threats in a row, your opponent is gonna blunder eventually.
I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person.
The best way to deal with losing is not to lose.
When did I understand it was a draw? I understood it immediately. That doesn't mean you shouldn't play.
They can enforce their rules, that's fine by me [...] my response is that fine, then I'm out, like, fuck you.
Of course, I could have changed. Obviously, I didn’t want to. I stand by that.
I'm certainly somebody who hopes for more 960 in classical format because I feel like 960 is not that suited to rapid and blitz because you're just gonna play too poorly. You're just gonna have absolutely no clue, but if you actually have time to sit down and think for half an hour on your first five moves, then maybe you can get some more understanding of the game.
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