Vladimir Kramnik Quotes

Kids love games and chess is a game where you have to sit down and concentrate and it just helps in every way.

Chess demands total concentration

Capablanca plays very superficially sometimes, in a way that can only be ascribed to lack of concentration. This is an integral weakness of his make-up and can only be partially compensated by his employing his time allowance to the full.

Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his nerves, and at the same time he must be perfectly composed.

Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top.

I felt that chess... is a science in the form of a game... I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like a scientist.

My mind started wandering. I started playing carefully, instead of playing the way that had gotten me to that point. I had to force myself to keep driving the ball.

The chess player who develops the ability to play two dozen boards at a time will benefit from learning to compress his or her analysis into less time.

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.

I was world champion. For me, chess is my life. It is everything.

Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.

The most interesting thing to me in chess are not the gambits. Or the moves. It's the mental toughness.

I try not to think about the person, just their tactics, their weaknesses and strengths. I play against the ball.

You go to a contest, and it's like, 'OK, I'm here for two weeks. All my energy, time, thinking, and everything is going toward that.' Everything you're doing is building toward the score at the end.

It's all a mind thing, just all mental. You have to know going into the game you have to play at a high level, as many minutes, stuff like that. It's just all mental. You get yourself mentally prepared for it and go out there and play.

Well, I think, in large part, when I first began playing chess at seven years old, I was quite bad at it. I lost a lot of games when I first started.

I'm trying not to focus on the height of my opponent, just to play my tennis and to open the angles because it's the most important.

I have always wanted to live my life as well as playing snooker.

You don't think anything about age when you're playing [golf]. I mean, why would you ever think about that.

Blitz chess kills your ideas.

To focus our mind on the task at hand-with fierce concentration-m akes for a productive use of time.

Bridge is a game for the undivided intellect.

During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.

A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player

Chess is a matter of daily training.