Of course, analysis can sometimes give more accura...

Of course, analysis can sometimes give more accurate results than intuition but usually it’s just a lot of work. I normally do what my intuition tells me to do. Most of the time spent thinking is just to double-check.

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Magnus Carlsen

What I admired most about him [Bobby Fischer] was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to emulate him.

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Magnus Carlsen

You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the best and you'll win every time.

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Magnus Carlsen

I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person.

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Magnus Carlsen

I 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.

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Magnus Carlsen

You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes; that's what intuition is.

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Magnus Carlsen

Of course, analysis can ...

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