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In chess, bigamy is acceptable but monarchy is absolute.
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I like to say that the attacker always has the advantage.
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My nature is that I have to excite myself with a big challenge.
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We think about time as something not to waste, not as something to invest.
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Question the status quo at all times, especially when things are going well.
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This obligation to move can be a burden to a player without strategic vision.
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We have to always look ahead enough moves to be well prepared, even for victory!
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The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture.
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Caissa, the goddess of chess, had punished me for my conservative play, for betraying my nature.
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Throughout my chess career I sought out new challenges, looking for things no one had done before.
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In conclusion, if you want to unravel the multitude of secrets of chess then don't begrudge the time.
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My love of dynamic complications often led me to avoid simplicity when perhaps it was the wisest choice.
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Solving new problems is what keeps us moving forward as individuals and as a society, so don't back down.
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Everyone, at any age, has talents that aren't fully developed-even those who reach the top of their profession.
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If you're already in a fight, you want the first blow to be the last and you had better be the one to throw it.
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For me, chess is a language, and if it's not my native tongue, it is one I learned via the immersion method at a young age.
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Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by.
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There can be no finer example of the inspiring powers of competition to shatter the status quo than Hungary's Judit Polgar.
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I've seen - both in myself and my competitors - how satisfaction can lead to a lack of vigilance, then to mistakes and missed opportunities.
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The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general – is not trusting their instincts enough.
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Thanks to the Polgars the adjective 'men's' before events and the 'affirmative action' women's titles such as Woman Grandmaster have become anachronisms.
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Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.
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Nervous energy is the ammunition we take into any mental battle. If you don't have enough of it, your concentration will fade. If you have a surplus, the results will explode.
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Tactics involve calculations that can tax the human brain, but when you boil them down, they are actually the simplest part of chess and are almost trivial compared to strategy.
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Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The temptation is to make a decision, any decision, even if it is an inferior choice.
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April 13, 1963
(age 61)
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