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Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.

Vladimir Kramnik

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Vladimir Kramnik
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: June 25
Chess Player
Writer
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
Depth
Personality
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Penetrates
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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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When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play.
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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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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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Chess is so deep, I simply feel lost.
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Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature.
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Intellectual effort gives me enormous pleasure
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Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.
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I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing.
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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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Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.
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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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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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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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