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In this respect I suppose I’m the total opposite of Garry. With his very emotive body language at the board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don’t.

Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.

At some point he seemed to lose all confidence trying to break down the Berlin Wall. He was still fighting as only Kasparov can, but I could see it in his eyes that he knew he wasn’t going to win one of these games.

My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.

With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.

An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.

I don’t like to show my emotions at the board, not because they might give something away to an opponent, but because that’s my style: I like to keep it to myself.

No – I’m quite calm inside during the game for most of the time – not 100%, but generally very calm.

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.

Once he had selected the path he was going down he really had to stick with it in a 16 game match. He had to try and hit in the one direction but unfortunately for him – though fortunately for me! – he hit in the wrong direction.