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Magnus Carlsen

Norwegian chess grandmaster; World Chess Champion 2013–2023

Norway · b. 1990

Became a grandmaster at thirteen and world number one in 2011. He held the World Chess Championship from 2013 until he declined to defend the title in 2023, and holds the highest classical rating ever recorded.

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What does the first sixty minutes of your day look like?
I would want to be a role model. As you talk about an athlete who wakes up at seven every day, then you have two training sessions...for me, it's not like that. I definitely think about chess all the time. I work at chess every day but it's not like I have a routine. It's always been based on inspiration for me. Fortunately, I haven't run out of inspiration yet...Sometimes I play better when I haven't slept that much, because you kind of play more creative.

Recorded On-stage interview, Milken Institute Global Conference, Los Angeles, Chess.com, 5 May 2017 source

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What is the thing you are best at that nobody watching can see?
What kind of talent I had when I was really young was that I was able to concentrate on something for a really long time. My interest didn't really wane...That's been my main advantage. I've never been the one to grasp things the quickest, but I never stopped learning as soon as I became interested in a subject.

Recorded On-stage interview, Milken Institute Global Conference, Los Angeles, Chess.com, 5 May 2017 source

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