I add status to any tournament I attend.

I'm not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I'm the best. You don't need a match to prove it.

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

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.

I read a book lately by Nietzsche and he says religion is just to dull the senses of the people. I agree.

Americans really don't know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in chess. Americans like winners.

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