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

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

Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.

I don't want ever to be champion again.

I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else.

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.

In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you.