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

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

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"I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event."

Anatoly Karpov, Russian Celebrity

Chess, Children, Schools, Thinking

"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind."

Adolf Anderssen, German Celebrity

Chess, Mind

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

Vladimir Kramnik, Russian Celebrity

Chess, Play

"Never having played Chess before, it was most interesting to be playing the game with no pieces in front of me. But I still knew how to stroke my hair when I won."

Peter Mayhew, British Actor

Chess, Hair

"Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player."

Max Euwe, Dutch Celebrity

Chess, Giving, Will

"I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting."

Boris Spassky, Russian Celebrity

Chess, Internet

"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."

Boris Spassky, Russian Celebrity

Chess, Poor

"In Kansas I have a chess school."

Anatoly Karpov, Russian Celebrity

Chess, School

"The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner."

Howard Staunton, English Celebrity

Chess, Right

"The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost."

Viktor Korchnoi, Russian Celebrity

Chess, Nobility

Explore more quotes by 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."

Beauty, Chess, Clarity, Example

"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!"

Difference,

"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."

Beauty, Chess, Expectations, Rules

"The strength of the playing ability is much more important. Only if the strength of the opponent's playing ability is comparable, does the game develop."

Strength, Ability

"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."

Now,

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

Now, Years

"Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature."

Style,

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

Personality,

"I made a better decision in choosing my team. Sure, I had a bigger choice of players to choose from - but I couldn't have asked for a harder working group of players who did an incredible job."

Decision, Choice, Job

"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."

Equality, End, Fight, Losing