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I started when I was five, and grew up playing against adults and against men most of the time.
At the beginning, your love supports your marriage. Later on, your marriage supports your love.
In those years, it was easier to win the Soviet Championship than a game against 'Iron Tigran'.
It is peculiar but a fact nevertheless, that the gamblers in chess have enthusiastic followers.
Unlike my esteemed colleague Garry Kasparov, I don't restrict the strength of opposition to Elo
Intuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position.
Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.
Every month I look through some ten thousand games, so not as to miss any new ideas and trends.
All lines of play which lead to the imprisonment of the bishop are on principle to be condemned.
There is always the risk of being over-confident when you are preparing to face a weaker player.
They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.
Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.
It's very encouraging that the game of chess is growing in the U.S. and is becoming more popular.
We learn by pushing ourselves and finding what really lies at the outer reaches of our abilities.
Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.
Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.
I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.
I have never considered myself a prodigy. Others have used that term, but I never bought in to it.
If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.
I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
The Nanjing games are homework by Garry Kasparov and me, [...] Today's game was provided by Garry.
I really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important.
A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused.
Chess sharpens the mind, stimulates concentration, improves the memory and promotes visualization.
One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat
When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play.
When you're 17 and 18 is when you get really good, and in college, you have to put the chess aside.
We always say, one day we will laugh at this. I always try to make sure that this one day is today.
As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine.
I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune.
I think I can safely conclude that there is not a lot to be said for playing chess while on Valium.
Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.
Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.
No - I'm quite calm inside during the game for most of the time - not 100%, but generally very calm.
Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
It is a well known fact that almost all the outstanding chess-players have been first-class analysts.
If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.
White lost because he failed to remember the right continuation and had to think up the moves himself
I was still too weak to understand his chess ideas at that time but I remember being covered in smoke.
That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one
Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.
America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they're doing in Yugoslavia.
The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.
I'm basically stubborn. If anyone disapproved of my being influenced by comics, I simply ignored them.
Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game
A considerable role in the forming of my style was played by an early attraction to study composition.
In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns.
You know I'm finished with the old chess because it's all just a lot of book and memorization you know.
Two passed pawns advancing on the enemy pieces have brought me more than a dozen points in tournaments.
When I was younger, I would look at a game with computers and still be fascinated by the possibilities.