Vladimir Kramnik
Biography
Quotes
- The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level.
- In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this.
- For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.
