Chess Legend Vishy Anand Offers Incredible Pearl Of Wisdom On His 54th Birthday

And here are some more quotes that we love from India's greatest-ever player:

🗣️ "Lowering your resistance to change, removing bias and being willing to adapt will help you tackle whatever comes your way. Once you’ve assessed the resources at your disposal and weighed what is feasible against what is risky you will see the path.”

🗣️ “Whenever I’ve felt satiated and sick of chess, my natural response has been to switch off and leave the game alone for a while, but my love for the game has never soured enough for me to walk away.”

🗣️ “The essence of chess is identifying which approach works best against an opponent because what people hate doing is what they’ll eventually do badly.”

🗣️ Training your mind to take a step back at the crucial moment and developing cues to organize your thoughts is more advantageous than making a move while your mind is in turmoil.

🗣️ You need to motivate yourself, no matter what—definitely when things are bad, but also when things are good. Or else, you risk becoming complacent.

🗣️ I like to keep myself physically and mentally fit before any important match. I usually take a short nap just before the game and do not practice immediately before the tournament.

In chess, knowledge is a very transient thing. It changes so fast that even a single mouse-slip sometimes changes the evaluation.

🗣️ Each match I play is the most important one yet.

@Achmaz #Anand