They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I easily answered these stupid questions.

That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one

Chess demands total concentration

America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they're doing in Yugoslavia...

The Russians have held my title for ten years and they're going to be in for it when I win the Championship. They're going to have to wait and play under my conditions.

Blitz chess kills your ideas.

When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who knew Capablanca, because he used to come around to the Manhattan club in the forties - before he died in the early forties. They spoke about Capablanca with awe. I have never seen people speak about any chess player like that, before or since.