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"Chess is intellectual gymnastics."
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"In Kansas I have a chess school."
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"Chess is intellectual gymnastics."
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"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind."
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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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"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that."
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"I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event."
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"My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs."
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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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"The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner."
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"Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player."
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"A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it."
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"Chess is intellectual gymnastics."
Chess
"I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings."
Life
"Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack."
Right
"Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game."
Thought
"I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game."
Thought
"Fame, I have already. Now I need the money."
Money
"A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror."
Horror
"Chess is not for timid souls."
Chess
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