#2275 - Magnus Carlsen
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We're up in Holland. Magnus Carlston, ladies and gentlemen. You want some coffee? No.
Oh, this is water. Yeah.
Tell Jeff to bring in the coffee. I forgot to bring in the coffee. No.
No. I'm I'm good with water. But
I need coffee. I'm gonna keep up with you, buddy. And, of course, Tony Hinchcliffe is here, who's a a gigantic chess fan and just creamed his pants yesterday when I told him you were coming in. And then immediately, I said, you gotta come with me. And so Tony's here as well. It's an honor to meet you, man. I I I'm always fascinated by people that are at the top of something that's insanely difficult, like chess. And I'm always wondering, like, how much time is involved? How much how often do you play? And when when did you start? How old were you when you first started playing?
I think my dad my dad is an avid chess player, so I think he, thought that I might have some talent. So he thought he taught me pretty early at around five years old. But at that time, I wasn't that interested. I was mostly into Legos, and I was into maths and, like, sports stats. And I had my little flag book with all, all the countries in the world, their flags, and their inhabitants, and area, and everything. And I sort of that would that's what I did, generally just, taking in all the all the stats that I could also with with sports, reading the sports section every day. And I didn't find
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