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

Time control directly influences the quality of play.

The computer age has arrived, and it influences everything: analysis, preparation, information. Now a different talent is required - the ability to synthesize ideas.

Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.

Recently I saw Kasparov and he looked to me as still young and potent champion.

We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.

The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.