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Few things are as psychologically brutal as chess.

Garry Kasparov

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Garry Kasparov
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: April 13
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The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general – is not trusting their instincts enough.
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Of course, if people do not want to do any work then it is better to start the game from a random position.
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Donald Trump is a catalyst. People care now in a way they didn't. The American institutions were rusting now they are being revitalised. Trump is a lightning rod. They are getting engaged and the American liberal media that spent too much time on PC issues can focus on Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.
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I dropped the King's Indian in 1997 after one too many bad experiences against Kramnik.
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Nervous energy is the ammunition we take into any mental battle. If you don't have enough of it, your concentration will fade. If you have a surplus, the results will explode.
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Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The temptation is to make a decision, any decision, even if it is an inferior choice.
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Throughout my chess career I sought out new challenges, looking for things no one had done before.
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Intelligent machines will continue that mechanization process, taking over the more menial aspects of cognition and elevating our mental lives towards creativity, curiosity, beauty, and joy. These are what truly makes us human.
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Results show that just one year of chess tuition will improve a student's learning abilities, concentration, application, sense of logic, self-discipline, respect, behavior and the ability to take responsibility for his/her own actions.
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If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.
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Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
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By this measure (on the gap between Fischer & his contemporaries), I consider him the greatest world champion
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Winning is not a secret that belongs to a very few, winning is something that we can learn by studying ourselves, studying the environment and making ourselves ready for any challenge that is in front of us.
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I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
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Ultimately, what separates a Winner from a Loser at the Grandmaster level is the Willingness to do the Unthinkable.
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Ratings are king and the money keeps flowing, and partisanship is so strong today that people rely on a few sources absolutely instead of thinking critically. So even being a cheerleader for a gameshow-host president with no respect for the rule of law or America's reputation in the world may not be a career-ending move.
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
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It was not about losing my mental power it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
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I reckon that there won't be an intervention in the near future, because Georgia's military adventure revealed the weakness of the Russian army.
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