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Jai Ganesh

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Chess Quotes - VI

Chess Quotes - VI

1. Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that. - Magnus Carlsen

2. Chess is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And of course, chess needs a lot of qualities, human qualities. And so you must have a very strong nervous system, and then you must be well prepared; you must be able to work a lot. - Anatoly Karpov

3. Chess is life. - Bobby Fischer

4. There is technology where you can watch the match live online and also on TV. If people understood the game, I'm sure we would have a lot of chess fans by now. - Viswanathan Anand

5. I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good. - Magnus Carlsen

6. As a personality, I'm fighter, you know. And I don't give up, and if I believe I'm correct, I'm right, then I work, and I fight. Okay, this could be over a chess board, this could be in life, and so I defend my principles. - Anatoly Karpov

7. Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego. - Bobby Fischer

8. Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess. - Viktor Korchnoi.

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