Quotes by Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan Anand

Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world and do what I truly enjoy. Moreover, chess players love being their own boss and hate having to wake up early!

Hate

Player

Up Early

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.

Important

Mistake

Thinking

Each match I approach like a new one. The work is so immense that you don’t have time to sit and ponder.

Approach

Immense

Pondering

I feel that schools and corporates should help the government in popularising sports in the country. Blaming the government for every sporting debacle will not be fair.

Country

School

Sports

I have a love for astronomy; Aruna, my wife, and I love travelling, so whenever we get an opportunity, we set off to explore places that have tickled our interest. We are also wildlife enthusiasts.

Opportunity

Wife

Wildlife

I keep forcing, I keep learning new things in the game, and so far I have been taking challenges as they come.

Challenges

Games

Keep Learning

I love travelling and going on wildlife safaris. I have an interest in astronomy. I like reading on current affairs, business and science. I love doing nothing if I can help it.

Doing Nothing

Reading

Wildlife

I would never suggest to anyone that they drop school for chess. First of all even if you can make it in chess, your social skills need to be developed there.

Chess

School

Skills

I’ll take my five positions per second any day, thank you

Chess

Five

Position

If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a bad result. In chess, too, players specialise. This specialty then becomes an entry barrier.

Ideas

Player

Strong

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Approach

Bigs

Challenges

Chess

Children

Country

Critical Moments

Decision

Different

Doe

Doing Nothing

Errors

Faces

Five

Focus

Forget

Four

Games

Hate

Ideas

Immense

Important

India

Intuition

Issues

Keep Learning

Kids

Long

Matter

Mean

Mind

Mistake

Moving

Needs

Nerves

Nice

Opportunity

Play

Player

Pondering

Position

Prayer

Psychology

Reading

Risk

School

Skills

Sports

Strong

Talent

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Quotes by Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan Anand

Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world and do what I truly enjoy. Moreover, chess players love being their own boss and hate having to wake up early!

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.

Each match I approach like a new one. The work is so immense that you don’t have time to sit and ponder.

I feel that schools and corporates should help the government in popularising sports in the country. Blaming the government for every sporting debacle will not be fair.

I have a love for astronomy; Aruna, my wife, and I love travelling, so whenever we get an opportunity, we set off to explore places that have tickled our interest. We are also wildlife enthusiasts.

I keep forcing, I keep learning new things in the game, and so far I have been taking challenges as they come.

I love travelling and going on wildlife safaris. I have an interest in astronomy. I like reading on current affairs, business and science. I love doing nothing if I can help it.

I would never suggest to anyone that they drop school for chess. First of all even if you can make it in chess, your social skills need to be developed there.

I’ll take my five positions per second any day, thank you

If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a bad result. In chess, too, players specialise. This specialty then becomes an entry barrier.

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