"It is important that you don't let your……" — Viswanathan Anand
"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 if you start blinking every time he challenges you then in a certain sense you are withdrawing. That is very important to avoid."
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59 Quotes by Viswanathan Anand
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For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one.
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I'll take my five positions per second any day, thank you
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