Time control directly influences the quality of play.

When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.

The shortcoming of hanging pawns is that they present a convenient target for attack. As the exchange of men proceeds, their potential strength lessens and during the endgame they turn out, as a rule, to be weak.

Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.

I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some.

When I am in form, my style is a little bit stubborn, almost brutal. Sometimes I feel a great spirit of fight which drives me on.

I don't want ever to be champion again.