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Viswanathan Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players of all time. Born on December 11, 1969, he has won numerous international titles and competitions, including the World Chess Championship multiple times. Anand's contributions to the game have been recognized with numerous awards, and he has inspired a generation of chess players around the world.

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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.”

Trying Challenges Tough Chess Boards Gym Physical Fitness

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

Mind Firsts Moving Position Intuition Chess Defined

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“Being the undisputed world champion is a relief. We instituted a unified chess title, I am the absolute world champion.”

World Absolutes Chess Titles Champion Relief Unified World Champions Undisputed

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“I would prefer chess to become part of the Olympic Games. This would also lead to chess become more accepted as a sport in general.”

Games Sports Accepted Chess Olympic Games Sports In General

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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.”

Ifs Different Helping Use Problem Seems Study Player Theory Easier Mathematics Chess Being True Branches Resolve Links Chess Players

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“My job is to play chess, the game that I love. I achieve what I can in chess. That is what I focus on. Basically, I am always focused on playing the game, and this is important to me.”

I Can Important Play Jobs Games Focus Achieve Focused Chess

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“I was very lucky that while I was a chess player in a country where chess was not a big deal, I happened to be in the one city where there was a sprouting chess team: Chennai.”

Country Bigs Deals Cities Player Happened Team Lucky Chess Big Deal Chess Players

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“My parents were very supportive of my chess. When I got home after a game of chess, having missed school or something, they always made me feel very welcome; I didn't feel guilty at all about pursuing chess with such fervour. They never, for instance, perceived sports as a rival to academics.”

Feels Made Home School Games Sports Parent Chess Welcome Guilty Instance Supportive Rivals

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“In chess, knowledge is a very transient thing. It changes so fast that even a single mouse-slip sometimes changes the evaluation.”

Sometimes Chess Slips Mice Transient Evaluation

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“Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games.”

Games News Chess

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“We want more women players to take up chess. There are few participants at the national level and hope it will grow.”

Want Grows Levels Player Chess Participants

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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.”

Different Remember Bits Sports Memories Ability Player Information Keys Unique Chess Attributes Relevant Stamina Chess Players

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“Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world and do what I truly enjoy. Moreover, chess players love being their own boss and hate having to wake up early!”

World Feels Has Beens Able Hate Asks Given Enjoy Player Special Wake Up Chess Boss Travel The World Up Early Chess Players

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“I don't know how many calories an average chess player burns per game, but it often exceeds that of a player in ball games. It is not only the chess as such: You need to be fit and undergo complicated preparation.”

Knows Needs Games Know How Player Fit Balls Average Complicated Chess Preparation Exceed Calories Chess Players Ball Games

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“If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a bad result. In chess, too, players specialise. This specialty then becomes an entry barrier.”

Ifs Ideas Strong Results Player Competition Chess Opponents Barriers Entry Specialty

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“It's important, according to me, to train in small doses so as to not lose the joy of playing chess. I personally think too many coaching and training classes may take away a child's interest in the game itself. The essential thing to do is practise often and, in case of a doubt, to consult a trainer.”

Thinking May Children Important Joy Games Interest Loses Class Cases Doubt Essentials Training Train Chess Things To Do Coaching Dose Trainers Practise Playing Chess

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“When I was about six, I saw my elder siblings play chess and pestered my mother into teaching me. Very soon, I was beating everyone at home, and they thought it would be good to join a club. So my sister would take me to the Tal chess club on Thursdays and weekends.”

Play Home Would Be Mother Saws Teaching Six Clubs Be Good Chess Take Me Weekend My Sister Elders Sibling Thursday

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“You bring to chess facets of your personality and what you are. I have interests other than chess, like music and world and current affairs. I also have many friends around the world with whom I like to keep in touch.”

World Interest Personality Affair Currents Chess Around The World Facets Many Friends Current Affairs

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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.”

Firsts Language Player Talent Chess Chess Players Fluent

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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!”

People Way Feels May Stills Passion Struggle Profession Chess

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

Forget Chess Youngsters

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“It is very difficult to play a single blitz game! You want to play for a long time. So I tend not to do that anymore.”

Want Long Play Games Difficult Long Time Chess Blitz

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“There are some things we do much better than computers, but since most of chess is tactically based they do many things better than humans. And this imbalance remains. I no longer have any issues. It's bit like asking an astronomer, does he mind that a telescope does all the work. He is used to it. It is just an incredible tool that you can use.”

Mind Humans Doe Use Used Bits Issues Computer Tools Asking Remains Incredibles Chess Telescopes Astronomers Imbalance

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

Doors Computer Chess

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“I think the draw quotient has always been high in world championship matches because the amount of effort people put into neutralizing each other's openings. It's just now with computers that it has reached a new level.”

People Thinking World Levels Effort Amount Computer Draws Chess Opening Championship

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“In 1996, the players at the VSB tournament in Amsterdam sent me a card for my wedding with this dedication, 'Anand congrats on your wedding. You were a great player, now be ready to lose 50 points'.”

Loses Player Humour Ready Chess Cards Dedication Tournaments Amsterdam Our Wedding Congrats

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“I'll take my five positions per second any day, thank you”

Five Position Chess

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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.”

Ifs Thinking May Important Mistake Chess Opponents Pretending Be Confident

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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.”

Ifs Needs Firsts School Social Skills Chess Schooling Social Skills

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“When I started out playing chess as a kid I thought I should be world champion. As a kid you have no idea what that means and you only sort of picture it. It is hard to imagine that I waited all those years and it happened in a late stage of my career.”

World Should Years Mean Ideas Hard Kids Careers Imagine Happened Stage Late Chess No Idea Champion Imagine That Championship World Champions Playing Chess

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About the Author

Born: December 11, 1969
Known for: Chess Player
Quotes: 63

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