In the knockout tournaments, it's futile to prepare for a grand finale. You may have worked out many strategies for the final. But you may lose in the first round itself. Viswanathan Anand More Quotes by Viswanathan Anand More Quotes From Viswanathan Anand Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match) Viswanathan Anand championshipplayworld You need to motivate yourself, no matter what-definitely when things are bad, but also when things are good. Or else, you risk becoming complacent. Viswanathan Anand riskmatterneeds 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 parentbelievechildren 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 uniquesportsmemories Confidence is very important - even pretending to be confident. If you make a mistake but do not let your opponent see what you are thinking then he may overlook the mistake. Viswanathan Anand importantmistakethinking If revenge motivates you, go for it! But the main thing is to set your game in order. Viswanathan Anand revengegamesorder I attend to my fitness. I go the gym every day and try to maintain my physical fitness; without that, it is tough to take challenges on the chess board. Viswanathan Anand boardschallengestrying Intuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position. Viswanathan Anand intuitionmindmoving In any match, there are few critical moments where there's no second best decision. The rest of the moves are intuitive. Viswanathan Anand critical-momentsdecisionmoving Nowadays, when you're not a grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it Viswanathan Anand youngsterschessforget Each match I play is the most important one yet. Viswanathan Anand importantplay 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 hard-workmistakelong 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 gamesmovingthinking For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion. Viswanathan Anand oblivionchallengesgames For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one. Viswanathan Anand computerchessdoors 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. Viswanathan Anand psychologychallengesplay There is always the risk of being over-confident when you are preparing to face a weaker player. Viswanathan Anand riskplayerfaces 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 prayergamesplay 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 differentplayeruse A win is a win, which is about that particular moment. Viswanathan Anand particularmomentswinning
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