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I'm into hiking and mountains and I follow hockey and basketball pretty avidly.
The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with Capablanca.
It is difficult to play against Einstein's theory -on his first loss to Fischer
No Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness
I have won Russia at least 16 world championships. I have fought for my country.
Its just you and your opponent at the board and you're trying to prove something
It's little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.
In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else.
For me, learning chess was natural; with my sisters around me, I wanted to play.
If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off
Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game
Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.
It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.
I don't know what I am going to play, so how can he know what I am going to play!
I prepare myself well. I know what I can do before I go in. I'm always confident.
FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.
I know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess
You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes; that's what intuition is.
Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience.
When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one.
Normally we'd draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he'd play next.
The sign of a great Master is his ability to win a won game quickly and painlessly
There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knight-odds to and still beat.
In Fischer's hands, a slight theoretical advantage is as good a being a Queen ahead
Knights are cavalry, bishops are archers, rooks are cannons and queens are wizards.
A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes.
If Tal sacrifices a piece, take it. If Petrosian sacrifices a piece, don't take it.
I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw.
My favourite victory is when it is not even clear where my opponent made a mistake.
It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position
If you want to become a World Champion you should avoid playing in Open tournaments.
I don't care! I don't have to show anybody my games just because they're a big shot!
There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knights-odds to and still beat.
Chess is a part of culture and if a culture is declining then Chess too will decline
To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess.
Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns
The whole life with a wife is like an end game with two bishops of different colors.
My practice schedule is not constant and changes a lot and depends on my moods also.
I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
I'm not as soft or as generous a person as I would be if the world hadn't changed me.
The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters.
My husband supports me a lot - he would probably go higher in his field if he didn't.
I go over many games collections and pick up something from the style of each player.
If revenge motivates you, go for it! But the main thing is to set your game in order.
To lose one's objective attitude to a position, nearly always means ruining your game.
Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.
With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.
I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings
I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.
I am not today, nor have I ever been a Jew, and as a matter of fact, I am uncircumcised.