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

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.

I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play.

In Kansas I have a chess school.

You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills.

But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded by the tournament position!

Chess is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And of course chess needs a lot of qualities, human qualities. And so you must have very strong nervous system and then you must be well prepared, you must be able to work a lot.