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"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that."
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"My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs."
"The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost."
"Never having played Chess before, it was most interesting to be playing the game with no pieces in front of me. But I still knew how to stroke my hair when I won."
"The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner."
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"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."
"On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think that this control does not suit World Championship matches."
"For example, computer defends well, but for humans its is harder to defend than attack, particularly with the modern time control."
"We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre."
"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."
"Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation."
"The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game."
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