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Boris Spassky

"When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally."

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"When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally."

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"Everything is changing in squash. Lots of television coverage and the game has become very professional."

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"Television is a medium because anything well done is rare."

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"I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series."

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"I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories."

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"I don't even own a television. I'm proud of that."

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"We're just dealing with the kind of warp and woof of television ratings."

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"I'm never at my best on television. There's a row of cameras between you and the audience, and it's very weird, very confusing."

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"Cutting edge, breakthrough, television. That's what we want to do."

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"Book - what they make a movie out of for television."

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"If anything, I want to bring television back up to where it will entertain and engage a gamer."

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Boris Spassky
"I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting."

Chess

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Boris Spassky
"I try to help developing junior chess. When I lived in USSR, I got a lot of free help from very good coaches - now I am trying to repay that debt."

Chess

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Boris Spassky
"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."

Chess

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Boris Spassky
"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that."

Chess

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Boris Spassky
"Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation."

Sacrifice

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Boris Spassky
"In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King - and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you."

Time

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Boris Spassky
"I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some."

Play

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Boris Spassky
"When I am in form, my style is a little bit stubborn, almost brutal. Sometimes I feel a great spirit of fight which drives me on."

Fight

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Boris Spassky
"Time control directly influences the quality of play."

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Boris Spassky
"When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally."

Television

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