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I am convinced, the way one p...

I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

It is rightly said that the m...

It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

Objectivity consists in under...

Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

Chess is like body-building. ...

Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a matter of daily training.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

In games against humans, you ...

In games against humans, you often win because the opponent blunders a piece, and you can often survive when you do it yourself. Against the computer, you make only one mistake - the last one.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

Look at the catastrophic reco...

Look at the catastrophic record Vishy Anand has against Garry Kasparov. Kasparov managed to beat him almost everywhere they played, even though Vishy Anand has belonged to the absolute top players in the world for fifteen years. This difference cannot be explained purely in chess terms, there must have been some psychology.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

Part of my preparation for th...

Part of my preparation for the World Champion match against Kasparov was to be ready for his off-board tactics. I did not to react to them at all. Once you start thinking about these things during the game, even analysing them, you're caught.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

In this respect, I suppose I'...

In this respect, I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry [Kasparov]. With his very emotive body language at the [chess]board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

I don't know whether computer...

I don't know whether computers are improving the style of play, I know they are changing it. Chess has become a different game, one could say that computers have changed the world of chess. That is pretty clear.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

On the whole, the life of a c...

On the whole, the life of a chess professional is not as easy as it appears at first sight. One needs to devote some ten hours a day to chess and to everything connected with it - physical and psycholgical preparation.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

An impatient person plays dif...

An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

Every top player has his own ...

Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

The development of beauty in ...

The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level.

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I started playing chess when ...

I started playing chess when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It is very good for children to learn to play chess, because it helps them to develop their mental abilities. It also helps to consolidate a person's character, because as it happens both in life and in a chess game we have to make decisions constantly. In chess there is no luck and no excuses: everything is in your hands.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

In the current FIDE World Cha...

In the current FIDE World Championship, on the knock-out system, weaker players have good chances. Those, who in a long match would practically have no chance, here may creep through.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

The Berlin Defence suited my ...

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.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

Playing rapid chess, one can l...

Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big aims, he should limit his rapidplay in favour of serious chess.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

The development of beauty in c...

The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

Objectivity consists in unders...

Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

Intellectual effort gives me e...

Intellectual effort gives me enormous pleasure

Vladimir Kramnik 69 quotes

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