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"I don't like to show my emotions at the board, not because they might give something away to an opponent, but because that's my style: I like to keep it to myself."
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"The worst thing you can do is to hate someone. The best thing you can do is to totally love someone without expectations."

"We love things because they reflect our imaginative love in their expression."

"Brokenness a result of bitterness."

"Lose of hope leads to discouragement."
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"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 fight."


"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!"


"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."


"No - I'm quite calm inside during the game for most of the time - not 100%, but generally very calm."


"Now, two years have passed and the situation is completely different: no one wants to organise this match."


"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."


"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."
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