Viswanathan Anand Quotes

No, I've never had a job other than being a chess player.

If, in our first match for the world champion's title, I had managed to make the score 6-0, there would have been no Kasparov as a good chess player at all.

After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As a whole, the current situation in the chess world leaves a lot to be desired.

In Gujarat, we had the world record of largest number of chess games in a single venue - 20,500 - and in Tamil Nadu, I have been emphasizing on the positives of chess to the authorities.

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.

I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world.

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

The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.

My younger brother ended up the British chess champion 10 times, a record.

I think for me the main goal that I have, or at least what I really aspire to, is to raise the level of chess.

It's very encouraging that the game of chess is growing in the U.S. and is becoming more popular.

For the moment, I am more focused on classical chess rather than rapid and blitz, as I am hoping to make my move in the classical World championship cycle.

The legend of the best player of chess has been destroyed.

I play a lot of chess. I probably played 200 games while we were making 'Andromeda.'

My job is to play chess, the game that I love. I achieve what I can in chess. That is what I focus on. Basically, I am always focused on playing the game, and this is important to me.

I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school.

I don't know how many calories an average chess player burns per game, but it often exceeds that of a player in ball games. It is not only the chess as such: You need to be fit and undergo complicated preparation.

Chess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular.

In Kansas I have a chess school.

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.

My challenge when I came back was to face the young talent, dissect their games, and show them maybe that they needed to learn more about the game than just the money aspect.

One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people - men of the stature of Garry Kasparov, the former world champion, who was my part-time coach.

I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son.

My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.

We want more women players to take up chess. There are few participants at the national level and hope it will grow.