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"I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting."
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"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."
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"Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic."
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"Chess is intellectual gymnastics."
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"Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways."
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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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"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."
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"What do I do when we're not taping? Sit in a dark room and refine my plans for someday ruling Earth from a blimp. And chess."
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"Chess is not for timid souls."
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"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind."
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"In Kansas I have a chess school."
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"Time control directly influences the quality of play."
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"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
"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that."
Chess
"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."
Chess
"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."
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"I don't want ever to be champion again."
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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
"Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship."
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"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."
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"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."
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