Magnus Carlsen

Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head.

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

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

After my swims this weekend I think coach realized, you know what, you have to have a good one getting out of this meet. So I put the suit on and had a decent swim.

I lived in Norway and Texas when I was a kid.