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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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An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.
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Now, two years have passed and the situation is completely different: no one wants to organise this match.
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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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Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.
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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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Once he had selected the path he was going down he really had to stick with it in a 16 game match. He had to try and hit in the one direction but unfortunately for him - though fortunately for me! - he hit in the wrong direction.
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When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play.
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Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature.
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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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I go to bed at 4 a. m. Almost all chessplayers do.
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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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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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Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.
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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 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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