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!

You know I'm finished with the old chess because it's all just a lot of book and memorization you know.

I think it's almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.

Vacations are designed to refresh the outlook of everyone. No matter how tired they may be when they return to work, vacationers have been refreshed emotionally and intellectually. Their effectiveness in their job has probably improved, and they are, generally speaking, better employees for the time off.

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

I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.

There's no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it.