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"After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As a whole, the current situation in the chess world leaves a lot to be desired."
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"I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting."
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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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"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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"Chess is intellectual gymnastics."
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"Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways."
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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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"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."
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"What do I do when we're not taping? Sit in a dark room and refine my plans for someday ruling Earth from a blimp. And chess."
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"Chess is not for timid souls."
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"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind."
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"The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten things out. But we should not wait that long anymore to change the situation, because we are running out of time."
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"In Kansas I have a chess school."
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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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"First of all, we have to go back to the classical time control."
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"If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic."
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"Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF."
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"To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well."
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"I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back."
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"No, I do not want to sacrifice four days for two games. My time is too valuable to do that."
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"Chess is my life, but my life is not chess."
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