Vladimir Kramnik Quotes
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It made a big difference to my match stamina. I couldn't imagine I would have been so energetic during the match - it really gave me a welcomed extra boost!
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Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.
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Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.
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With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.
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I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing.
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But with the Berlin, I was able to allow him to get near, but not quite near enough, and I knew where to draw the line with the fortresses I had set up.
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Okay, when you start to fight for equality, like Anand did in 1995, you could end up losing game 10, like he did, without putting up any kind of fight.
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The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level.
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My very first book was a games collection of Anatoly Karpov. On the whole I was attracted by positonal play with some tactics, and already then I was aiming for universality.
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Computers have changed the world of chess.
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For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.
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An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.
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No - I'm quite calm inside during the game for most of the time - not 100%, but generally very calm.
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In the current FIDE World Championship, on the knock-out system, weaker players have good chances. Those, who in a long match would practically have no chance, here may creep through.
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It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position
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I don't like to show my emotions at the board, not because they might give something away to an opponent, but because that's my style: I like to keep it to myself.
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Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.
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Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big aims, he should limit his rapidplay in favour of serious chess.
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When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical game for example. That is the beauty of clarity.
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So basically it's very simple: to start with, if you want to win the match, you shouldn't be afraid of him. There are still many, many things to do, but above all this is the most important: Don't be scared of him!
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For us chess players the language of artist is something natural.
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Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a matter of daily training.
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Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature.
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On the whole, the life of a chess professional is not as easy as it appears at first sight. One needs to devote some ten hours a day to chess and to everything connected with it - physical and psycholgical preparation.