Drawing general conclusions about your main weaknesses can provide a great stimulus to further growth.
Alexander Kotov
Carlsen is paying far less attention to opening theory than his rivals, he is happy to go down paths that may offer no advantage yet have the benefit of dragging opponents out of their “openings book”. Once beyond the reaches of computer-aided openings, Carlsen starts to turn the screw.
Judith Polgar FT, 2014
First of all, I am a mother, and only then a chessplayer
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant 2009
Carlsen is a combination of Karpov and Fischer style.
Garry Kasparov 2017
I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.
Magnus Carlsen
