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“Could we look into the head of a Chess player, we should see there a whole world of feelings, images, ideas, emotion and passion”

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Author:Alfred Binet

“Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player”

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Book:The Game of Chess

Source: The Game of Chess

“Any experienced player knows how a change in the character of the play influences your psychological mood.”

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Author:Garry Kasparov

“You can't overestimate the importance of psychology in chess, and as much as some players try to downplay it, I believe that winning requires a constant and strong psychology not just at the board but in every aspect of your life.”

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Book:How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom

Source: How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom

“As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine.”

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Author:Levon Aronian

“Emotional instability can be one of the factors giving rise to a failure by chess players in important duels. Under the influence of surging emotions (and not necessarily negative ones) we sometimes lose concentration and stop objectively evaluating the events that are taking place on the board.”

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Author:Mark Dvoretsky