My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments which forced me to refer to chess books and to work independently.

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

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

If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.

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

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

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.