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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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"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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"We decided to play the NEC because we were asked to, and because we actually rather like the place: we've always enjoyed doing it before. We don't often get sensible offers to play in the UK, so most years we just play on the mainland, with the occasional exotic detour."
"Want to play baseball?' she asked. Shane's eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. "What?' "First base,' she said. "You're already there.' "I'm not running the bases.' "Well, you could at least steal second.' "Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you've gone and ruined it."
"Hey, pretty book, why don't you lie in my lap awhile?"
"I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version."
"But really, anytime, I play on a practice pad as much as I can."
"So it was good for me to play a likable person and it was just an amazing situation to be in."
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"Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense."
"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."
"The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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 there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."
"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that."
"Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation."
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