00:00Maybe there are different kinds of intuition, but mine was based very much on ability to evaluate different factors while playing chess and thus being very comfortable with positions where you could hardly find a well-known pattern.
00:18So with imbalanced positions, with broken balance positions where each mistake, even inaccuracy, would be lethal.
00:30I spent a lot of time at the chessboard facing many opponents, but it was not just playing in tournaments or in short matches.
00:45I played Anatoly Karpov, dozens and dozens of games, actually 144 games only in the world championship matches, not counting a few dozens of games we played outside of the world championship.
01:02And I know that if you spend this time with someone who is just sitting opposite you, you can feel something.
01:12You can make certain predictions.
01:15I'm sure it works the other way around, so it's not one-way street.
01:22But I have to say that I could immediately feel when my move had an effect on my opponent.
01:27I remember, for instance, game 24 of my match against Karpov in 1985, decisive game.
01:36Karpov had to win.
01:37They built a very strong attacking position.
01:40But he was not comfortable with an immediate breakthrough, which was the best chance.
01:46Not winning, but it was the best chance because it could put me under tremendous pressure and I had to find only moves to survive.
01:51But Karpov being Karpov didn't want to break through immediately, he wanted to prepare it.
