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"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."
"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."
"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that."
"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."
"The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner."
"The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost."
"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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"Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense."
"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."
"The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."
"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that."
"Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation."
"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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