There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knight-odds to and still beat.
There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player
Chess is like war on a board
Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.
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.
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.