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 CarlsenKids love games and chess is a game where you have to sit down and concentrate and it just helps in every way.
Magnus CarlsenI really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important.
Magnus CarlsenI 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.
Magnus CarlsenThere are so many games that I've seen that I've learned from. I never - that's also part of the same - never single out a particular player or a particular game.
Magnus CarlsenYou 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.
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