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Chess is a matter of daily training.

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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Training
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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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With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.
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The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level.
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It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position
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For us chess players the language of artist is something natural.
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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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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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An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.
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Intellectual effort gives me enormous pleasure
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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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I go to bed at 4 a. m. Almost all chessplayers do.
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At some point he seemed to lose all confidence trying to break down the Berlin Wall. He was still fighting as only Kasparov can, but I could see it in his eyes that he knew he wasn't going to win one of these games.
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Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature.
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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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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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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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Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.
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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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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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Look at the catastrophic record Vishy Anand has against Garry Kasparov. Kasparov managed to beat him almost everywhere they played, even though Vishy Anand has belonged to the absolute top players in the world for fifteen years. This difference cannot be explained purely in chess terms, there must have been some psychology.
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