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.

Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can't separate body from mind

FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.

I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.

When I was eleven, I just got good.

Nobody has single-handedly done more for the US image than me...

Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games. These guys are really the lowest dogs around, and if people knew the truth about them, they would be held in more contempt than Ben Johnson, the runner, and they're going to know the truth when I do this book!