Viswanathan Anand - Sense Quotes

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I can relate to many of the emotions they describe... But personally I just like to get on with the job of playing chess. I understand that if I win, I'm probably crushing my opponent's ego but it's not like I do that with great satisfaction. So I don't really look for conflict around the game … It's true that someone like Kasparov has this sense of history, and I'm talking world history rather than chess history. He has a sense of himself being in it, which, for me, is very hard to understand or even relate to in any way.

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When you lose, you really feel a sense of self … You actually feel that you are being taken apart, rather than just your pieces.

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