"In 1996, the players at the VSB tournament……" — Viswanathan Anand
"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. You were a great player, now be ready to lose 50 points'."
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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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In a way players at the top should try to promote the game in their own countries as that is…
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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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I'll take my five positions per second any day, thank you
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Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing…
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And call me a pig, but isn't it brilliantly refreshing how early the Dutch eat dinner? When they're still laying…
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I just got back from Switzerland, which I've never been to. I went to Switzerland and Amsterdam.
— Linda Cardellini
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My man slangs rocks like up the block, 143RD and Amsterdam by the smoke shop
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Then came the second Amsterdam discovery, although the principle was known elsewhere. Bank deposits...did not need to be left idly…
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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We are men on a budget. I mean, why go all the way to Amsterdam when you can just go…
— Anthony Langston
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Quiet, moving, masterfully crafted. Such are the nine stories in Venus in the Afternoon. Tehila Lieberman writes with precision, restraint,…
— Miroslav Penkov
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Amsterdam was a great surprise to me. I had always thought of Venice as the city of canals; it had…
— James Weldon Johnson
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I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my…
— Jackie Collins
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The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and lopsided, but there's probably not a…
— Anne Frank
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I still have agents in France, Los Angeles and Amsterdam who call and suggest parts. I'd love to keep on…
— Sylvia Kristel
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In Amsterdam, the river and canals have been central to city life for the last four centuries,
— Janet Echelman
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