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When there's an important tournament going on, I try and stay in a bubble. It's easy that way because then you don't have to worry about anything else.

Viswanathan Anand

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Viswanathan Anand
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: December 11
Chess Player
Writer
Madras
Vishwanathan Anand
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Intuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position.
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Each match I approach like a new one. The work is so immense that you don't have time to sit and ponder.
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Confidence is very important - even pretending to be confident. If you make a mistake but do not let your opponent see what you are thinking then he may overlook the mistake.
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If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a bad result. In chess, too, players specialise. This specialty then becomes an entry barrier.
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Nowadays, when you're not a grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it
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You bring to chess facets of your personality and what you are. I have interests other than chess, like music and world and current affairs. I also have many friends around the world with whom I like to keep in touch.
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The Internet gives you access to a lot of material, and it's fun to sit and read. I go to something like Wikipedia and look at different topics... I find the subject fascinating. I like to read about concepts and mathematicians.
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For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one.
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I think the draw quotient has always been high in world championship matches because the amount of effort people put into neutralizing each other's openings. It's just now with computers that it has reached a new level.
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There are some aspects of work you need to keep working on and no matter what environment you are in. Continuous learning is very important. It's what I call 'competitive tension', which is about having a competition around.
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I would prefer chess to become part of the Olympic Games. This would also lead to chess become more accepted as a sport in general.
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You need to motivate yourself, no matter what-definitely when things are bad, but also when things are good. Or else, you risk becoming complacent.
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I'll take my five positions per second any day, thank you
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There are some things we do much better than computers, but since most of chess is tactically based they do many things better than humans. And this imbalance remains. I no longer have any issues. It's bit like asking an astronomer, does he mind that a telescope does all the work. He is used to it. It is just an incredible tool that you can use.
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If revenge motivates you, go for it! But the main thing is to set your game in order.
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