Not so much a battle as much as it is like an aggressive game of one-on-one basketball. I should know - I play chess professionally across the US; normally, after a game, we shake hands, then go out and have a drink. When you play a game against a powerful adversary, you generally start to get tunnel vision - you concentrate on your moves, and have very little emotional reaction to it...
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Not so much a battle as much as it is like an aggressive game of one-on-one basketball. I should know - I play chess professionally across the US; normally, after a game, we shake hands, then go out and have a drink. When you play a game against a powerful adversary, you generally start to get tunnel vision - you concentrate on your moves, and have very little emotional reaction to it...