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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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Vladimir Kramnik
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: June 25
Chess Player
Writer
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik
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Chess is a matter of daily training.
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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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My very first book was a games collection of Anatoly Karpov. On the whole I was attracted by positonal play with some tactics, and already then I was aiming for universality.
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Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.
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On the whole, the life of a chess professional is not as easy as it appears at first sight. One needs to devote some ten hours a day to chess and to everything connected with it - physical and psycholgical preparation.
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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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It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position
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I go to bed at 4 a. m. Almost all chessplayers do.
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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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Intellectual effort gives me enormous pleasure
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Computers have changed the world of chess.
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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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Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.
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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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Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.
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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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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 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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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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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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