It's nice to be financially secure. Apart from that, I really don't care too much about money. Magnus Carlsen More Quotes by Magnus Carlsen More Quotes From Magnus Carlsen 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. Magnus Carlsen stress chess fun My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life. Magnus Carlsen player chess father 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. Magnus Carlsen player games past Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert. Magnus Carlsen fashion stills experts In my experience, when I went to school, and especially in after-school, and during breaks, a lot of people wanted to sit down and play chess up till a certain age when it was not supposed to be cool anymore and people wanted to do other things. Magnus Carlsen play people school Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport. Magnus Carlsen minorities doe sports 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. Magnus Carlsen winning men thinking 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. Magnus Carlsen player sports years It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people. Magnus Carlsen people There are certainly loads of players that I admire; I try to learn from all of the great masters both of the past and contemporary as well. Magnus Carlsen player trying past You can feel the same thing in football or soccer - that for the best teams in Spain and England, for instance, the public... they're not really going to cheer at all when they play against bad teams unless they do something spectacular. Even if they're winning by a few goals they'll probably just say, "nah." That's normal and they're not excited about it. Magnus Carlsen cheer football soccer I'm not really into rap. Magnus Carlsen rap My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway. Magnus Carlsen norway being-the-best player 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. Magnus Carlsen self play thinking I really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important. Magnus Carlsen psychological important games I played like a child! Magnus Carlsen humour chess children Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless. Magnus Carlsen game you beautiful people 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. I was playing a bit online, was using the chess club mainly. Now, obviously, the computer is an important tool for me preparing for my games. Magnus Carlsen computers never me important
