A Quote by Robert Covington
There is nothing like playing in the actual games, compared to simulating it, working out, playing some five-on-five. It's not the same.
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While I played Ranji Trophy for five years, I used to be asked, 'When are you playing for the nation?' - a question which I didn't have any answer to. I kept playing before I got my first break in 1996; those five years were indeed frustrating.
Some players thrive in the open-style, AAU games - the all-star games. But when it comes to playing in an actual system and having to 'think' the game, you see where some guys separated themselves.
When I was playing week-in week-out, I was playing 46 games a season, and there's nothing better than playing every week.
If you're playing a one-minute game, I could squeeze in five to six games before anybody walked by my cubicle. So I got really good at blitz, one-minute chess games. But that's kind of like the cheap chess version.
I grew up playing video games, since I was probably five years old.
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