Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.

I can remember times coming home from a chess club at four in the morning when I was half asleep and half dead and forcing myself to pray an hour and study an hour. You know, I was half out of my mind-stoned almost.

Blitz chess kills your ideas.

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.

There was open collusion between the Russian players. They agreed ahead of time to draw the games they played against each other. Every time they drew they gave each other half a point.

If you don't win, it's not a great tragedy - the worst that happens is that you lose a game.

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