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"We tune down a full step when we play but I never miss a note. I've learned how to keep my voice."
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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."
"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."
"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."
"Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense."
"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."
"I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else."
"When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive."
"For example, computer defends well, but for humans its is harder to defend than attack, particularly with the modern time control."
"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."
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