ANATOLIJ KARPOW
"Composure helps during the game the most, of course. Excitement? I don't think it is a necessary concomitant factor of chess.
However, sometimes there are exceptional situations where excitement helps. For example, to get out of some kind of dead end or a stress," Anatoly Karpov in 1980 Soviet documentary about him.
You can watch it here (in Russian!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDlCh4-yE88 Even if you don't speak the language, it's worth going through to feel the spirit of the era.
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