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Chess Is An Infinitely Complex Game, Which One Can Play In Infinitely Numerous And Varied Ways.

I Started Playing Chess When I Was About 4 Or 5 Years Old. It Is Very Good For Children To Learn To Play Chess, Because It Helps Them To Develop Their Mental Abilities. It Also Helps To Consolidate A Person's Character, Because As It Happens Both In Life And In A Chess Game We Have To Make Decisions Constantly. In Chess There Is No Luck And No Excuses: Everything Is In Your Hands.

I Believe Every Chess Player Senses Beauty, When He Succeeds In Creating Situations, Which Contradict The Expectations And The Rules, And He Succeeds In Mastering This Situation.

For Me Art And Chess Are Closely Related, Both Are Forms In Which The Self Finds Beauty And Expression.

In The Current Fide World Championship, On The Knock-out System, Weaker Players Have Good Chances. Those, Who In A Long Match Would Practically Have No Chance, Here May Creep Through.