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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.

Vladimir Kramnik

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Vladimir Kramnik
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: June 25
Chess Player
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Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
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Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.
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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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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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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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Part of my preparation for the World Champion match against Kasparov was to be ready for his off-board tactics. I did not to react to them at all. Once you start thinking about these things during the game, even analysing them, you're caught.
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In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this.
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Computers have changed the world of chess.
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I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he succeeds in mastering this situation.
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For us chess players the language of artist is something natural.
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An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.
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Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature.
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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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Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.
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Chess is a matter of daily training.
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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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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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Every month I look through some ten thousand games, so not as to miss any new ideas and trends.
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Chess is so deep, I simply feel lost.
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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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