When I won the World Championship in '72, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.

I know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess

As Olafsson showed me, White can win... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.

That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one

Concentrate on material gains. Whatever your opponent gives you take, unless you see a good reason not to.

The United States is an illegitimate country, just like Israel. It has no right to exist. That country belongs to the Red man, the American Indian... It's actually a shame to be a so-called American, because everybody living there is a usurper, an invader taking part in this crime, which is to rob the land, rob the country and kill all the American Indians.

I don't remember one thing I learned in school.