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

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

The system set up by F.I.D.E. ... Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion... The Russians arranged it that way.

Yeah, I used to dress badly until I was about sixteen. But people just didn't seem to have enough respect for me, you know And I didn't like that, so I decided I'd have to show them they weren't any better than me, you know? They were sort of priding themselves. They would say, 'He beat us at chess, but he's still just an uncouth kid.' So I decided to dress up.

You can only get good at Chess if you love the game

To get squares you have to give up squares.

I don't keep any close friends. I don't keep any secrets. I don't need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that's all.