I was world champion. For me, chess is my life. It is everything.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
Chess is life.
Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world and do what I truly enjoy. Moreover, chess players love being their own boss and hate having to wake up early!
In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King - and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you.
Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.
Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.
I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.
Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.
I love being world champion.
All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
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