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I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he succeeds in mastering this situation. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#believe #chess #contradict #creating #every

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

#beauty #chess #create #creativity #depends

I feel that my relationship with Kasparov now is much the same as it had been before the match - good. As for his reaction, well it can't be nice to lose your title after so long, but he was very generous. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#be nice #been #before #feel #generous

It made a big difference to my match stamina. I couldn't imagine I would have been so energetic during the match - it really gave me a welcomed extra boost! ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#big #big difference #boost #difference #during

I was a great student at a great school, Wharton School of Finance. ↗

— Donald Trump

#great #i #school #student

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

#down #fortunately #game #going #had

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

— Vladimir Kramnik

#express #game #his #into #only

So basically it's very simple: to start with, if you want to win the match, you shouldn't be afraid of him. There are still many, many things to do, but above all this is the most important: Don't be scared of him! ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#afraid #basically #him #important #many

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

#back #berlin #black #defence #defensive

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

#chess #clarity #example #for example #found