Normally, if you go through a game without attracting attention, you are doing a hell of a job.
Jerry Kramer
When the game is over it is really just beginning.
Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.
Vladimir Kramnik
In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always... →
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... →
Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.
Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.
No - I'm quite calm inside during the game for most of the time - not 100%, but generally very calm.
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... →
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... →