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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.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Chess
Facets
Personality
World
Affairs
Current
Whom
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I don't bench press, but I use machines to work 10-12 muscle groups. Biceps, triceps, a few things for the back, calves, shoulders and so on - and then I'll go on the running machine, cross-trainer or mountain climber.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Biceps
Groups
Machines
Mountain
Muscle
Bench
Climber
Few Things
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I go to the gym every day. That tends to taper off when I'm at a tournament. During tournaments, I'm not trying to build fitness. I'm simply trying to keep away any kind of tension. I go for long walks to clear my head.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Fitness
Gym
Walks
Taper
Tends
Tournament
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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.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Effort
People
Thinking
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Professional players work almost every day, for hours on end, and the emphasis is on the word 'work.' It can be with a partner or it can be alone, but professional chess is always a pursuit of something new and surprising.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Chess
Emphasis
Pursuit
Something New
Surprising
Almost Every Day
Partner
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There are some aspects of work you need to keep working on and no matter what environment you are in. Continuous learning is very important. It's what I call 'competitive tension', which is about having a competition around.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Competition
Important
Needs
Tension
Aspects
Competitive
Continuous
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The Internet gives you access to a lot of material, and it's fun to sit and read. I go to something like Wikipedia and look at different topics... I find the subject fascinating. I like to read about concepts and mathematicians.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Access
Concepts
Fascinating
Fun
Giving
Topics
Wikipedia
Gives
Material
Subject
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Sometimes an opponent stops breathing, and you realise something drastic has happened and they are trying not to let on. Or they go quiet, or they get fidgety. After a while you pick these things up and become more alert to them.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Drastic
Quiet
Alert
Stops
Opponent
Realise
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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!
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Passion
People
Struggle
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Things like the financial markets - a proper grounding in mathematics could help the common man. I believe that if people are more familiar with mathematical concepts... it can help deal with modern life, which is increasingly complex.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Men
Believe
Common
Common Man
Concepts
Familiar
Financial
Financial Markets
Grounding
Mathematical
Modern Life
People
Life Believe I Believe
Complex
Life Man Believe
Increasingly
Proper
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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.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Kids
Mean
Years
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Just before a game, I try to keep a clear mind so that I can focus better. I'm the kind of person who plays fast and relies a lot on intuition, so being at peace with myself is vital. Saying my daily prayers helps me achieve this heightened state of mind.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Games
Play
Prayer
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I was reasonably interested in mathematics in school. Typically what happens is... when you start playing chess, it takes up a lot of your attention. But about 10 years ago, I found that the Internet is very good to start learning about a lot of subjects.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Chess
Subjects
Reasonably
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It is important that you don't let your opponent impose his style of play on you. A part of that begins mentally. At the chessboard if you start blinking every time he challenges you then in a certain sense you are withdrawing. That is very important to avoid.
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Challenges
Play
Psychology
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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.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Sister
Chess
Mother
Sibling
Teaching
Good Home Me
Beating
Club
Elder
Join
Soon
Weekends
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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.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Sports
Attributes
Bits
Chess
Memories
Relevant
Stamina
Unique
Memory
Mental
Requires
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I think an important lesson from the game is that once you have made a move, you cannot take it back. You really have to measure your decisions. You think a lot. You evaluate your choices very carefully. There's never any guarantee about what's going to follow once you have made a decision.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Choices
Decision
Evaluate
Games
Moving
Thinking
Decisions
Carefully
Your Game Important
Follow
Guarantee
Important Lesson
Lesson
Measure
Move
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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.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Home
Sports
Chess
Guilty
Instance
School
Supportive
Welcome
Academics
Missed
Perceived
Pursuing
Rival
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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.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Chess
Children
Games
Joy
Practise
Thinking
According
Case
Classes
Consult
Doses
Essential
Game Me Joy
Game Me Lose
Lose
Personally
Trainer
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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.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Branches
Chess
Different
Easier
Links
Player
Resolve
Study
Theory
Use
Be True
Broader
Competitive
Existing
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Parents, first and foremost, it is important to... understand and recognise the activities your child is naturally gravitating towards. It's important also to ensure that your child likes what he or she is doing. I believe in exposing children to as many hobbies and extracurricular activities as possible.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Believe
Children
Exposing
Hobbies
Important
Likes
Parent
Recognise
Believe Your Important
Child
Understand
Activities
Naturally
Also
Doing
Believe I Believe Your
Possible
First
Believe Children Parents
Ensure
Foremost
Towards
He Or She
Parents
She
Your Child
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Before a game, I avoid having a heavy meal so that I don't feel sleepy at the board. You eat to be healthy, and that generally takes care of everything. Also, you can't be too finicky, since at tournaments you tend to eat at restaurants here and there. But, as long as you're eating sensibly, it's all good.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Eating
Games
Healthy
Heavy
Long
Restaurants
Sleepy
Tournaments
Since
Avoid
Game
Board
Good Long Care
Good Long Game
Generally
Meal
Sensibly
Takes
Tend
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Grandmasters decline with age. That's a given. There is nothing special about the age of 40, but age eventually takes its toll. That much is clear. Beyond that it's about how long you can put off the effects and compensate for them. Mistakes will crop in but you try to compensate for them with experience and hard work.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Hard Work
Long
Mistake
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Grandmasters decline with age. That's a given. There is nothing special about the age of 40, but age eventually takes its toll. That much is clear. Beyond that, it's about how long you can put off the effects and compensate for them. Mistakes will crop in, but you try to compensate for them with experience and hard work.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Decline
Effects
Hard Work
Work Experience Age
Compensate
Crop
Toll
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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.
Viswanathan Anand / Chess Player
Doe
Issues
Mind
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