"The Best Is Yet to Come": Magnus Carlsen talks with Andrea and Alexandra Botez about love, life, chess and more

by ChessBase
2/25/2025 – At the end of the Freestyle Chess tournament in Weissenhaus, Magnus Carlsen had the opportunity for a short interview with Alexandra and Andrea Botez. The three talked about Carlsen's wedding, how to find love, talent and hard work, how to improve, why chess should be fun, Freestyle Chess, and much more.
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Time Stamps

0:00 Intro
0:58 How Magnus knew Ella was the one
1:47 Magnus’ advice on finding love
2:17 Has love impacted Magnus’ chess?
2:58 Does Magnus want kids?
3:30 How would Magnus re-learn chess?
5:05 Talent vs Hard Work in chess
6:39 Can Magnus fix Andrea?
9:14 Making practice "fun"
9:55 Has Magnus peaked?
11:42 World Chess Championship return
12:29 Magnus explains Freestyle Chess
15:06 How is Freestyle different?
17:43 Will Freestyle beat Classical Chess?

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