"If you have a strong opponent, a competition……" — Viswanathan Anand
"If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a bad result. In chess, too, players specialise. This specialty then becomes an entry barrier."
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59 Quotes by Viswanathan Anand
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Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you…
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For me, chess is not a profession, it is a way of life, a passion. People may feel that I…
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Nowadays, when you're not a grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it
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You need to motivate yourself, no matter what-definitely when things are bad, but also when things are good. Or else,…
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It is important that you don't let your opponent impose his style of play on you. A part of that…
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Psychology plays a big part but I always say psychology will only be a differentiator when the players are of…
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It is very difficult to play a single blitz game! You want to play for a long time. So I…
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There are some things we do much better than computers, but since most of chess is tactically based they do…
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For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one.
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I think the draw quotient has always been high in world championship matches because the amount of effort people put…
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In 1996, the players at the VSB tournament in Amsterdam sent me a card for my wedding with this dedication,…
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