Vishy Anand: evaluation

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…Because you were playing too intuitively? Because I was volatile. Some positions I would get excited and think that things are going very well, and I’d start playing fast, miss a few things, then come back. I stepped over the mark. This, that, all the things. What I think made the difference was, I was suddenly facing people who didn’t resign the game very quickly, who didn’t collapse, especially Karpov. Even in the worst positions, he would continue resisting. That’s an art you learn, and then you realize this point is not going to come easily. I’ve got to push again and push harder. It’s one thing training for this, but it’s not real. The second thing is actually facing it over the board, and then it becomes real in a way. All these things combined. Then in Reggio Emilia, I won my first game with Salov. I suddenly thought, “I actually played that game quite well. I don’t know what happened, but I played that game quite well.” Then I beat Kasparov in the second round. Again, it seemed pretty easy, and I’d already beaten him twice within two months. Then I lost to Gurevich. Your trainer, yes.…

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