“I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.”
Magnus Carlsen, chess prodigy from Norway - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/world/europe/01iht-profile.4.15806138.html?_r=1
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“I feel sorry for players who are always lying awake at night, brooding over their games.”
ChessBase.com - Magnus Carlsen on his chess career, 15 March 2010 http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6187
“I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person.”
Meet Magnus Carlsen, The New King of Chess - TIME, Eben Harrell Friday, Dec. 25, 2009 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1948809,00.html
Magnus Carlsen on the press conference http://www.firstpost.com/sports/anand-admits-he-has-to-liven-things-up-after-another-tame-draw-1239891.html after holding Vishy Anand to a draw in the 8th game of the World championships, using only 15 minutes of his thinking time.
“I love the game, and I love to compete, but I am not obsessed with the struggle.”
Meet Magnus Carlsen, The New King of Chess - TIME, Eben Harrell Friday, Dec. 25, 2009 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1948809,00.html
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