I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the biggest group of victims of iodine deficiency.

Just make the right estimation of your own strengths and weaknesses, and also that of your opponent.

I still remember Botvinnik's reaction to each of my games, right from the opening moves. At first he would express amazement, then annoyance, and, finally irritation.

The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.

Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.

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.

I lost the match. I blame only myself for this. There were many opportunities to win. But I missed them, no one else.