Here is an interview from a Paris newspaper conducted by Pierre Barthélémy
of the newspaper Le Monde, Paris.
You can see the
whole
interview on chessbase.
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This is your first classical match for the world championship title; so how are you organizing your preparation?Leko: I have still not finished my preparation but I am almost there. I hope I will achieve the optimum. This event is the highlight of my career irrespective of all my achievements in the past. I have been preparing specifically for about six months. For more or less two months we have been working intensively and I have done all I could. I will be ready in Brissago. |
Hangin's take:
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How do you prepare physically and psychologically?Leko: I am mentally and physically strong anyway. These are important traits of my character and my nature and I do not need any special preparation in these fields. It is part of my philosophy that body and soul should be in a certain balance. I do not think that I will lose this balance during the match. Of course, at the moment I am exercising physically just to get relaxed and as a compensation for the very demanding chess training
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Hangin's take:
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Leko : In my opinion Kramnik is the player with the deepest understanding of the game in the world, |
Hangin's take:
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