"The Berlin Defence suited my strategy for the……" — Vladimir Kramnik
"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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44 Quotes by Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Kramnik has 44 quotes on this site.
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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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Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your…
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In this respect, I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry [Kasparov]. With his very emotive body language at the…
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Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.
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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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Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature.
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For us chess players the language of artist is something natural.
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I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules,…
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I don't like to show my emotions at the board, not because they might give something away to an opponent,…
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It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position
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Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if…
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The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest,…
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It's always the small people who change things. It's never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled…
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When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin.
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As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean…
— Mel Brooks
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After the Berlin Wall came down I visited that city and I will never forget it. The abandoned checkpoints. The…
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I remember an article, I can't recall who by, it was after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which said…
— Claude Chabrol
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Young people in college were not even born when the Berlin Wall fell, and so they are not really cognizant…
— Valerie Plame
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When we refused to be forced out of Berlin, we demonstrated to the people of Europe that with their cooperation…
— Harry S. Truman
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The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple. A good example of a…
— Freeman Dyson
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Fortunately I experienced Max Wertheimer's teaching in Berlin and collaborated for over a decade with Wolfgang Köhler. I need not…
— Kurt Lewin
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Capitalism has created the highest standard of living ever known on earth. The evidence is incontrovertible. The contrast between West…
— Ayn Rand
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Sir,-The Planet [Neptune] whose position you marked out actually exists. On the day on which your letter reached me, I…
— Unknown Author
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I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of…
— Jesse Owens
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