Viswanathan Anand Quotes

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• Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you have to find first what…
• For me, chess is not a profession, it is a way of life, a passion. People may feel that I have conquered the peak and…
• Nowadays, when you're not a grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it
• You need to motivate yourself, no matter what-definitely when things are bad, but also when things are good. Or else, you risk becoming complacent.
• In a way players at the top should try to promote the game in their own countries as that is the legacy that makes you…
• It is important that you don't let your opponent impose his style of play on you. A part of that begins mentally. At the chessboard…
• Psychology plays a big part but I always say psychology will only be a differentiator when the players are of equal technical strength.
• It is very difficult to play a single blitz game! You want to play for a long time. So I tend not to do that…
• There are some things we do much better than computers, but since most of chess is tactically based they do many things better than humans.…
• For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one.
• I think the draw quotient has always been high in world championship matches because the amount of effort people put into neutralizing each other's openings.…
• In 1996, the players at the VSB tournament in Amsterdam sent me a card for my wedding with this dedication, 'Anand congrats on your wedding.…
• I'll take my five positions per second any day, thank you
• Confidence is very important - even pretending to be Confident. If you make a Mistake but do not let your Opponent see what you are…
• Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)
• I would never suggest to anyone that they drop school for chess. First of all even if you can make it in chess, your social…
• When I started out playing chess as a kid I thought I should be world champion. As a kid you have no idea what that…
• Just before a game, I try to keep a clear mind so that I can focus better. I'm the kind of person who plays fast…
• In chess, knowledge is a very transient thing. It changes so fast that even a single mouse-slip sometimes changes the evaluation.
• I think an important lesson from the game is that once you have made a move, you cannot take it back. You really have to…

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