“Okay, when you start to fight for equality, like Anand did in 1995, you could end up losing game 10, like he did, without putting up any kind of fight.”
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The strength of the playing ability is much more important. Only if the strength of the opponent's playing ability is comparable, does the game develop.
Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.
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.
For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.
