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For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.

Vladimir Kramnik

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Vladimir Kramnik
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: June 25
Chess Player
Writer
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
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I don't know whether computers are improving the style of play, I know they are changing it. Chess has become a different game, one could say that computers have changed the world of chess. That is pretty clear.
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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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Intellectual effort gives me enormous pleasure
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I made a better decision in choosing my team. Sure, I had a bigger choice of players to choose from - but I couldn't have asked for a harder working group of players who did an incredible job.
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For us chess players the language of artist is something natural.
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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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In this respect, I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry [Kasparov]. With his very emotive body language at the [chess]board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't.
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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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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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I go to bed at 4 a. m. Almost all chessplayers do.
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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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In games against humans, you often win because the opponent blunders a piece, and you can often survive when you do it yourself. Against the computer, you make only one mistake - the last one.
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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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Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.
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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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