"Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people."

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"Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people."

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"Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people."

People

"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."

Work

"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."

Time

"Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship."

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"I don't want ever to be champion again."

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"Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense."

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

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

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

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