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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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"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind."
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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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"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that."
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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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"My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs."
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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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"The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner."
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"Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player."
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"Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess."
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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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"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."
Chess
"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that."
Chess
"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."
Fight
"Time control directly influences the quality of play."
Time
"The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game."
Society
"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."
People
"Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship."
World
"When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive."
Play
"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."
Television
"I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else."
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