Viswanathan Anand Quotes

Thinking - in particular abstract thinking, which most of us are introduced to through the study of mathematics and literature - helps us learn that we can become problem solvers.

When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game.

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

Writing's a great skill, but thinking's a better one.

I don't have any magical ability. I look at a problem, play with it, work out a strategy.

The way you have to think in chess is good for everyday thinking, really, especially for brothers in the urban community who never take that second look, never take that second thought.

Critical thinking is the most important factor with chess. As it is in life, you need to think before you make decisions.

Writing is sort of like chess for me. You have to think carefully before you move, thinking, planning.

Life is very much about making the best decisions you can. So I think chess is very valuable.

When you are forced to think, you expand your mental capacity. When you expand your mental capacity, your wealth increases.

I've always been kind of a strategic thinking person - I love sports for instance, but my interest in sports is 'cause I love watching strategy in action or playing it. I'm not into the drama so much, of the physical action. I'm interested in the coach and how he's strategizing.

Thank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family. (in a letter to his wife)

It's strange how few of the world's great problems are solved by people who remember their algebra.

Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess a typical inexact problem similar to those which people are always having to solve in everyday life.

Chess is a forcing house where the fruits of character can ripen more fully than in life

Thinking is one of the most important weapons in dealing with problems

I’m not against thinking; I’m only against thinking that thinking on its own will get you out of a hole. Shovel also needed.

Learning to write programs stretches your mind, and helps you think better, creates a way of thinking about things that I think is helpful in all domains.

The most common source of mistakes in management decisions is the emphasis on finding the right answer rather than the right question.

Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.

Try fighting with your head for a change... it's a good one, even if it does resist learning.

Learn to use your brain power. Critical thinking is the key to creative problem solving in business.

You playing chess well is just a reflection of your inner thought process and your ability to maintain discipline throughout. If we can teach every child that, then we've taught them to be better people, better friends and better citizens.

Mathematical reasoning may be regarded.

The intellectual equipment needed for the job of the future is an ability to define problems, quickly assimilate relevant data, conceptualize and reorganize the information, make deductive and inductive leaps with it, ask hard questions about it, discuss findings with colleagues, work collaboratively to find solutions and then convince others.