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

I felt that chess... is a science in the form of a game... I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like a scientist.

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.

I don't believe in hero worship.

Nothing eases suffering like human touch.

I play honestly and I play to win. If I lose, I take my medicine.

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