Magnus carlsen

Unfortunately I'm still not a fashion expert.

Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.

My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.

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,...

I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.

I don't look at computers as opponents. For me it is much more interesting to beat humans.

I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.

Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.

I was lucky enough to attend schools where they were understanding about when I needed to go abroad to play chess. Of course, socially it is important to go to school and interact with people your own...

Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.