Vladimir Kramnik

In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which…

I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict…

I feel that my relationship with Kasparov now is much the same as it had…

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self…

Okay, when you start to fight for equality, like Anand did in 1995, you could…

The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much…

Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent’s can destroy the entire beauty…

The strength of the playing ability is much more important. Only if the strength of…

In this respect I suppose I’m the total opposite of Garry. With his very emotive…

When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is…