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On The Whole, The Life Of A Chess Professional Is Not As Easy As It Appears At First Sight. One Needs To Devote Some Ten Hours A Day To Chess And To Everything Connected With It - Physical And Psycholgical Preparation.

Part Of My Preparation For The World Champion Match Against Kasparov Was To Be Ready For His Off-board Tactics. I Did Not To React To Them At All. Once You Start Thinking About These Things During The Game, Even Analysing Them, You're Caught.

Every Month I Look Through Some Ten Thousand Games, So Not As To Miss Any New Ideas And Trends.

Every Top Player Has His Own Style, Just As Every Painter Has His Own Personal Signature.

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.