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The important thing is to control the middle: Magnus Carlsen discusses similarities between football and chess with Pep Guardiola

Two modern icons met face to face recently as treble winning coach Pep Guardiola and 5-time chess world champion Magnus Carlsen engaged in riveting conversation.

In a video shared by Puma, Carlsen who is a known football fan and a supporter of Spanish giants Real Madrid, explained to Guardiola how the two sports were similar.

“The important thing is to control the middle. If you control the middle, you control the pitch or the board,” Carlsen said while also adding that he used to play football in his formative years but because he was better at chess, he pursued that.

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The important thing is to control the middle: Magnus Carlsen discusses similarities between football and chess with Pep Guardiola

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