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Boris Spassky

"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."

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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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Donna Grant

"Never having played Chess before, it was most interesting to be playing the game with no pieces in front of me. But I still knew how to stroke my hair when I won."

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Donna Grant

"Chess is not for timid souls."

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Donna Grant

"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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Donna Grant

"I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting."

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Donna Grant

"I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event."

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Donna Grant

"My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs."

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Donna Grant

"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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Donna Grant

"I think that by and large chess players have been very kind. Like I said there have been a few incidents, but they certainly didn't serve to bring me down any."

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Donna Grant

"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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Donna Grant

"Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess."

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Boris Spassky
"Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense."

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Boris Spassky
"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."

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Boris Spassky
"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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Boris Spassky
"I don't want ever to be champion again."

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Boris Spassky
"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."

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Boris Spassky
"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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Boris Spassky
"Time control directly influences the quality of play."

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Boris Spassky
"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."

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Boris Spassky
"Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation."

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Boris Spassky
"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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