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.
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.
Intuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position.
If revenge motivates you, go for it! But the main thing is to set your game in order.
Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you have to find first what you are good at.
I keep forcing, I keep learning new things in the game, and so far I have been taking challenges as they come.
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.
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.
Each match I play is the most important one yet.
In any match, there are few critical moments where there's no second best decision. The rest of the moves are intuitive.
There is always the risk of being over-confident when you are preparing to face a weaker player.
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.
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.
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.
Nowadays, when you're not a grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it
Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)
For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one.
In chess, knowledge is a very transient thing. It changes so fast that even a single mouse-slip sometimes changes the evaluation.
A win is a win, which is about that particular moment.
When you play with the best in the world, it is important that you not lose focus. You must be fully focused. Even a minor error could result in a massive defeat.
I'll take my five positions per second any day, thank you
We want more women players to take up chess. There are few participants at the national level and hope it will grow.
My practice schedule is not constant and changes a lot and depends on my moods also.
For me, chess is not a profession, it is a way of life, a passion. People may feel that I have conquered the peak and will not have to struggle. Financially, perhaps that is true; but as far as chess goes, I'm still learning a lot!
Preparedness for a game that usually lasts four-five hours requires good physical condition and also steady nerves.
