Genius. It's a word. What does it really mean? If I win I'm a genius. If I don't, I'm not.

My main interest right now is to expose the Jews. This is a lot bigger than me. They're not just persecuting me. This is not just my struggle, I'm not just doing this for myself... This is life and death for the world. These God-damn Jews have to be stopped. They're a menace to the whole world.

Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.

You know I'm finished with the old chess because it's all just a lot of book and memorization you know.

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

Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play with such brilliance in the middlegame that the game was decided - even though his ooponent didn't always know it - before they arrived at the ending.

The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.