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

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.

Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.

My forte was the middlegame. I had a good feeling for the critical moments of the play. This undoubtedly compensated for my lack of opening preparation and, possibly, not altogether perfect play in the endgame. In my games things often did not reach the endgame!

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.

The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.

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