Home / Authors / Vladimir Kramnik

Vladimir Kramnik

Vladimir Kramnik Quotes

Chess Player

Vladimir Kramnik, born on June 25, 1975, is a Russian chess grandmaster renowned in the chess world. He has won multiple world chess championships and is considered one of the greatest chess players in history. Kramnik is known for his deep theoretical knowledge and exceptional practical skills.

Filter quotes by topic

All Chess Games Player Play Ifs World Berlin Opponents Winning Boards Chess Players Computer Firsts Matter Practice Stills Study Style Trying Years

Famous Vladimir Kramnik Quotes

“Chess is so deep, I simply feel lost.”

Feels Lost Chess

Author: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 instrumental in this.”

Sometimes Turns Games Player Chess Unexpected Unexpected Turns

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.”

Art Self Form Expression Chess Related

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing.”

Ifs Way Play Character Player Personality Convinced Chess

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

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

Children Play Games Chess Captivated Capablanca Alekhine

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a matter of daily training.”

Ifs Matter Body Sports Brain Building Shapes Training Train Everyday Chess Staying Bodybuilding Body Building

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“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.”

Shows Body Language Emotion Opposites Chess Boards Display Body Language

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.”

Way Play Games Complexes Chess

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

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

Artist Language Natural Player Chess Chess Players

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“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.”

Believe I Believe Situation Player Succeed Creating Expectations Chess Senses Chess Players

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position”

Said Success Winning Difficult Position Chess Difficult Things

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big aims, he should limit his rapidplay in favour of serious chess.”

Ifs Should Bigs Hours Loses Player Serious Habit Limits Aim Chess Favour Rapids Concentrating Chess Players Playing Chess Blitz

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“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.”

Stills Matter Imagination Levels Creativity Depends Development Highest Chess Opponents Imagination And Creativity

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“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.”

World Years Looks Has Beens Term Differences Psychology Records Player Beats Absolutes Chess Fifteen Fifteen Years

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“I don't know whether computers are improving the style of play, I know they are changing it. Chess has become a different game, one could say that computers have changed the world of chess. That is pretty clear.”

Knows World Different Play Games Clear Style Changed Computer Chess Improving

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“Chess is a matter of daily training.”

Matter Training Chess

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“Computers have changed the world of chess.”

World Changed Computer Chess

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“I started playing chess when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It is very good for children to learn to play chess, because it helps them to develop their mental abilities. It also helps to consolidate a person's character, because as it happens both in life and in a chess game we have to make decisions constantly. In chess there is no luck and no excuses: everything is in your hands.”

Years Children Persons Play Character Helping Hands Happens Games Ability Decision Luck Very Good Excuse Chess No Excuses Chess Game Playing Chess

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“On the whole, the life of a chess professional is not as easy as it appears at first sight. One needs to devote some ten hours a day to chess and to everything connected with it - physical and psycholgical preparation.”

Needs Firsts Whole Easy Hours Practice Study Ten Sight Connected Chess Preparation

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“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.”

Firsts Book Play Whole Games Practice Study Chess Collections Tactics Universality Karpov

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“Every month I look through some ten thousand games, so not as to miss any new ideas and trends.”

Looks Ideas Games Practice Study Missing Months Thousand Ten Chess Trends New Ideas

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“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.”

World May Long Chance Player Currents Chess Championship Creeps Good Chance

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

“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.”

Found Games Speak Example Chess Clarity Mathematical Subjective Subjectivity

Author:Vladimir Kramnik

About the Author

Born: June 25, 1975
Known for: Chess Player
Quotes: 44

Related Topics

Chess Games Player Play Ifs World Berlin Opponents Winning Boards Chess Players Computer Firsts Matter Practice Stills Study Style Trying Years

Popular Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Way Want Love Life Inspirational Needs Giving Feels Should Writing Trying Years Mind Firsts

Books & Sources

Similar Authors

Bobby FischerBrowse related quotes
Magnus CarlsenBrowse related quotes
Jose Raul CapablancaBrowse related quotes
Emanuel LaskerBrowse related quotes
Mikhail BotvinnikBrowse related quotes
Mikhail TalBrowse related quotes
Alexander AlekhineBrowse related quotes
Viswanathan AnandBrowse related quotes
Savielly TartakowerBrowse related quotes
Anatoly KarpovBrowse related quotes