By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking.

It doesn't require much for misfortune to strike in the King's Gambit - one incautious move, and Black can be on the edge of the abyss.

Style, I've got no style.

The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.

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

It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.

This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide.