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.

She and I just don't see eye to eye together. She's a square. She keeps telling me that I'm too interested in chess, that I should get friends outside of chess, you can't make a living from chess, that I should finish high school and all that nonsense. She keeps in my hair and I don't like people in my hair, you know, so I had to get rid of her.

I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts.

All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.

You can only get good at Chess if you love the game

I don't believe in psychology.

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!