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Boris Spassky

"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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"In Kansas I have a chess school."

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"Chess is not for timid souls."

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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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"Chess is intellectual gymnastics."

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"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind."

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

Chess

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Boris Spassky
"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."

Chess

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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."

Chess

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Boris Spassky
"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that."

Chess

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

Sacrifice

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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."

Time

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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."

Fight

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

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

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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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