Viswanathan Anand Quotes

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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, you risk becoming complacent.

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  Risk, Needs, Matter

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• I keep forcing, I keep learning new things in the game, and so far I have been taking challenges as they come.

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  Games, Challenges, Keep Learning

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• Intuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position.

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  Moving, Intuition, Mind

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• Confidence is very important - even pretending to be confident. If you make a mistake but do not let your opponent see what you are thinking then he may overlook the mistake.

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  Mistake, Thinking, Important

  "Vishy Anand: 'Chess is like acting'". SPIEGEL Interview with Ansbert Kneip,Maik Großekathöfer, en.chessbase.com. October 1, 2008.

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• Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you have to find first what you are good at.

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  Player, Chess, Firsts

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• If revenge motivates you, go for it! But the main thing is to set your game in order.

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  Revenge, Order, Games

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• Chess as a sport requires a lot of mental stamina, and this is what that makes it different from a physical sport. Chess players have a unique ability of taking in a lot of information and remembering relevant bits. So, memory and mental stamina are the key attributes.

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  Sports, Memories, Unique

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• I think an important lesson from the game is that once you have made a move, you cannot take it back. You really have to measure your decisions. You think a lot. You evaluate your choices very carefully. There's never any guarantee about what's going to follow once you have made a decision.

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  Moving, Thinking, Games

  "Q&A: Inside the Mind of the World's Top Chess Player". Interview with Aditi Malhotra, blogs.wsj.com. April 3, 2013.

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• In any match, there are few critical moments where there's no second best decision. The rest of the moves are intuitive.

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  Moving, Decision, Critical Moments

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• Parents, first and foremost, it is important to... understand and recognise the activities your child is naturally gravitating towards. It's important also to ensure that your child likes what he or she is doing. I believe in exposing children to as many hobbies and extracurricular activities as possible.

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  Children, Believe, Parent

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• Each match I play is the most important one yet.

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  Play, Important

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• I attend to my fitness. I go the gym every day and try to maintain my physical fitness; without that, it is tough to take challenges on the chess board.

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  Challenges, Trying, Boards

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• Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)

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  Play, World, Championship

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• Nowadays, when you're not a grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it

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  Chess, Forget, Youngsters

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• For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion.

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  Games, Challenges, Oblivion

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• For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one.

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  Doors, Chess, Computer

  "Vishy Anand: 'Chess is like acting'". Der Spiegel interview, en.chessbase.com. October 1, 2008.

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• There is always the risk of being over-confident when you are preparing to face a weaker player.

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  Player, Risk, Faces

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• A win is a win, which is about that particular moment.

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  Winning, Moments, Particular

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• When you play with the best in the world, it is important that you not lose focus. You must be fully focused. Even a minor error could result in a massive defeat.

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  Errors, Play, Focus

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• I would never suggest to anyone that they drop school for chess. First of all even if you can make it in chess, your social skills need to be developed there.

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  School, Skills, Chess

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• For me, chess is not a profession, it is a way of life, a passion. People may feel that I have conquered the peak and will not have to struggle. Financially, perhaps that is true; but as far as chess goes, I'm still learning a lot!

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  Struggle, Passion, People

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• Preparedness for a game that usually lasts four-five hours requires good physical condition and also steady nerves.

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  Games, Nerves, Four

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• Grandmasters decline with age. That's a given. There is nothing special about the age of 40, but age eventually takes its toll. That much is clear. Beyond that it's about how long you can put off the effects and compensate for them. Mistakes will crop in but you try to compensate for them with experience and hard work.

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  Mistake, Hard Work, Long

  "Vishy Anand: 'I found Bobby Fischer surprisingly normal and calm'". Interview with Sean Ingle, www.theguardian.com. December 1, 2011.

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• The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of mathematics - if you can find links between different branches of mathematics, it can help you resolve problems. In both mathematics and chess, you study existing theory and use that to go forward.

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  Player, Different, Use

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• Just before a game, I try to keep a clear mind so that I can focus better. I'm the kind of person who plays fast and relies a lot on intuition, so being at peace with myself is vital. Saying my daily prayers helps me achieve this heightened state of mind.

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  Prayer, Play, Games

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