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Boris Spassky

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

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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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"I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting."
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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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"For example, computer defends well, but for humans its is harder to defend than attack, particularly with the modern time control."
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"Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship."
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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 think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else."
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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 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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"I don't want ever to be champion again."
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