Normally we'd draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he'd play next.

Nothing is so healing as the human touch.

I could give any woman in the world a piece and a move; to Gaprindashvili even, a knight.

Chess demands total concentration

They're all weak, all women. They're stupid compared to men. They shouldn't play chess, you know. They're like beginners. They lose every single game against a man. There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knight-odds to and still beat.

Tactics flow from a superior position

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