When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical game for exam…

- Vladimir Kramnik

Look at the catastrophic record Vishy Anand has against Garry Kasparov. Kasparov managed to beat him almost everywhere they played, even though Vishy…

- Vladimir Kramnik

I don't like to show my emotions at the board, not because they might give something away to an opponent, but because that's my style: I like to keep…

- Vladimir Kramnik

I don't know whether computers are improving the style of play, I know they are changing it. Chess has become a different game, one could say that co…

- Vladimir Kramnik

It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position

- Vladimir Kramnik

Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big aims, he should lim…

- Vladimir Kramnik

An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.

- Vladimir Kramnik

Objectivity consists in understanding that the only one who never makes a mistake is the one who never does anything.

- Vladimir Kramnik

In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrume…

- Vladimir Kramnik