All my games are real

Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all

I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves

When I won the World Championship in '72, the United States had an image of, you know, a football country, baseball country, but nobody thought of it as an intellectual country.

If you don't win, it's not a great tragedy - the worst that happens is that you lose a game.

They're all weak, all women. They're stupid compared to men. They shouldn't play chess, you know. They're like beginners. They lose every single game against a man. There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knight-odds to and still beat.

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