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Anecdotal evidence also abounds that French smokers are pushing back in ways that they previously didn't dare. On some French train lines - all of which are officially non-smoking - smokers frequently take over certain cars, thus far escaping punishment. Butts are also turning up in greater numbers in Paris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smoking Ban? The French Light Up Again in Public | 12/26/2009 | See Source »

Do you see chess as a game of combat or a game of art? Combat. 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. Of course some really beautiful games feel like they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magnus Carlsen: The 19-Year-Old King of Chess | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

When people find out that you are the top-ranked chess player in the world, do you have to deal with them assuming you are 40,000 times more intelligent than them? Yeah, that can be a little annoying. I try to tell people that I am like them. I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magnus Carlsen: The 19-Year-Old King of Chess | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

Do you use computers in your chess studies? I don't use a board when I am studying on my own. People come over to my house and say, "You must have a lot of chess sets." I say, "Well, we might have one somewhere, but I?m not sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magnus Carlsen: The 19-Year-Old King of Chess | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

Chess has had prodigies, most notably Paul Morphy and Bobby Fischer, who have been lost to madness. Do you fear that trying to master a game of near-infinite variation can make you insane? It's too hard to predict the future, but right now I don?t see myself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magnus Carlsen: The 19-Year-Old King of Chess | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

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