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Magnus Carlsen interview: chess grandmaster on the Sinquefield Cup, playing Firouzja and Pragg, and rapid & blitz.
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He doesn't exactly look like your typical Grandmaster: new chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen is a smouldering 22-year-old Norwegian male model | Daily Mail Online
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