Vladimir Kramnik Quotes - Page 2

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

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Player, Style, Signatures

  "Art, Chess, Beauty and Depth". Interview with Ugo Dossi, en.chessbase.com. December 21, 2005.

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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 [chess]board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Opposites, Boards, Body

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• Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Games, Personality, Depth

  "About Art, Chess, Beauty and Depth, Creativity, Telepathy and Artificial Intelligence". Interview with Ugo Dossi, en.chessbase.com. December 21, 2005.

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• Computers have changed the world of chess.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  World, Chess, Computer

  "Kramnik on health, plans - and computers". Interview with Frederic Friedel, en.chessbase.com. March 13, 2006.

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• 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

  Player, Differences, Years

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• When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Children, Games, Play

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• Okay, when you start to fight for equality, like Anand did in 1995, you could end up losing game 10, like he did, without putting up any kind of fight.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Fighting, Equality, Games

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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, but because that's my style: I like to keep it to myself.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Giving, Style, Boards

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• No - I'm quite calm inside during the game for most of the time - not 100%, but generally very calm.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Games, Calm

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• But with the Berlin, I was able to allow him to get near, but not quite near enough, and I knew where to draw the line with the fortresses I had set up.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Ghouls, Lines, Able

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• When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical game for example. That is the beauty of clarity.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Games, Example, Chess

  "About Art, Chess, Beauty and Depth, Creativity, Telepathy and Artificial Intelligence". Interview with Ugo Dossi, en.chessbase.com. December 21, 2005.

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• 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

  Player, Long, World

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• For us chess players the language of artist is something natural.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Artist, Player, Chess

  "Art, Chess, Beauty and Depth". Interview with Ugo Dossi, en.chessbase.com. December 21, 2005.

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• I made a better decision in choosing my team. Sure, I had a bigger choice of players to choose from - but I couldn't have asked for a harder working group of players who did an incredible job.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Jobs, Team, Player

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• My very first book was a games collection of Anatoly Karpov. On the whole I was attracted by positonal play with some tactics, and already then I was aiming for universality.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Book, Practice, Games

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• 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

  Fall, Black, Trying

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• Once he had selected the path he was going down he really had to stick with it in a 16 game match. He had to try and hit in the one direction but unfortunately for him - though fortunately for me! - he hit in the wrong direction.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Games, One Direction, Trying

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• With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Able, Berlin, Fortresses

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• Now, two years have passed and the situation is completely different: no one wants to organise this match.

  Vladimir Kramnik

  Years, Two, Different

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