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Boris Spassky

"When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive."

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"When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive."

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"I held out a lead figurine of Hades-the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter.Nico hesitated. "I don't play that game anymore. It's for kids.""It's got four thousand attack power," I coaxed."Five thousand," Nico corrected. "But only if your opponent attacks first."I smiled. "Maybe it's okay to still be a kid once in a while."

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"That is just what life is when it is beautiful and happy - a game! Naturally, one can also do all kinds of other things with it, make a duty of it, or a battleground, or a prison, but that does not make it any prettier."

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"When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her."

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"If you can't play the blues... you might as well hang it up."

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"To put it better, we believe the radar gun will get you drafted, but you have to pitch to get to the big leagues. Tools will get you drafted, but you have to be able to play to get to the big leagues."

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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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"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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"Time control directly influences the quality of play."
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"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."
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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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"The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game."
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"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 also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting."
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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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