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" An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person. "
Patient
Person
Patience
" At some point he seemed to lose all confidence trying to break down the Berlin Wall. He was still fighting as only Kasparov can, but I could see it in his eyes that he knew he wasn't going to win one of these games. "
Trying
Win
Confidence
" But with the Berlin, I was able to allow him to get near, but not quite near enough, and I knew where to draw the line with the fortresses I had set up. "
Enough
Up
Him
" Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways. "
Ways
Which
Game
" Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game. "
You
Game
Opponent
" Every top player has his own style, just as every painter has his own personal signature. "
Top
Personal
Own
" For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression. "
Me
Art
Self
" For us chess players the language of artist is something natural. "
Chess
Us
Natural
" 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. "
Chess
Character
Way
" 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. "
Rules
Believe
Beauty
" 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. "
Style
Emotions
Myself
" 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. "
Relationship
Nice
Long
" 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. "
Choice
Team
Better
" 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. "
Chess
Control
Game
" In this respect I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry. With his very emotive body language at the board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't. "
Emotions
Body
Board
" 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! "
Me
Imagine
Energetic
" My way of playing is very different and Karpov plays very differently as well. "
Way
Well
Very
" No - I'm quite calm inside during the game for most of the time - not 100%, but generally very calm. "
Inside
Calm
Time
" Now, two years have passed and the situation is completely different: no one wants to organise this match. "
Situation
Now
Different
" 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
Fight
You
" 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. "
Path
Down
Direction
" Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it. "
Game
Only
Personality
" 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! "
Simple
Important
Start
" The Berlin Defence suited my strategy for the match. I had a defensive strategy - Actually, I had in my pocket some other sharper stuff to fall back on - but first I wanted to try the defensive strategy with Black and it worked so well. "
Back
Try
Strategy
" 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. "
Creativity
Beauty
Alone
" 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. "
Game
Important
Opponent
" 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. "
Chess
Beauty
Speak
" With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach. "
Berlin
Come
Breach
" You know, our ratings after this match will be very close - I think I can also become the world number one in the not too distant future. However, I'm sure that Garry will also have something to say about this! "
Future
Say
Think
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