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Computers have changed the world of chess.
Vladimir Kramnik
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Vladimir Kramnik
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: June 25
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Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
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The Berlin Defence suited my strategy for the match. I had a defensive strategy - Actually, I had in my pocket some other sharper stuff to fall back on - but first I wanted to try the defensive strategy with Black and it worked so well.
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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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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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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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Every month I look through some ten thousand games, so not as to miss any new ideas and trends.
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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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Okay, when you start to fight for equality, like Anand did in 1995, you could end up losing game 10, like he did, without putting up any kind of fight.
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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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Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.
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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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Now, two years have passed and the situation is completely different: no one wants to organise this match.
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