How much time do you spend analysing positions and practicing chess?
Do you practice every day? I try to, but sometimes I go a couple of weeks without any serious work. I might not look at chess at all or I might look at it for 5 or10 minutes. Without serious work I could go for a couple of weeks, but before a tournament I try to get into that rhythm again. You are one of the best in Rapid chess. What special attributes are required to succeed in the Rapid version, where the time is restricted to as little as less than half an hour for a game? I think my performance has been good in general. I have also won two Classical tournaments, in Corus and Mainz. It looks like I am specialising in Rapid chess, but in fact a majority of the tournaments nowadays are Rapid. I mean, I am not saying that I might have won every single Classical event, but in general I have raised my game not only in Rapid chess. So I think I have just become an overall good player and I am quite consistent. World number one Gary Kasparov has not done anything much recently. You have wo
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