With this mistake I deprived myself of the possibility to make a contribution to the treasury of chess art.

Chess is mental torture.

Weaknesses of character are normally shown in a game of chess.

Chess strength in general and chess strength in a specific match are by no means one and the same thing.

The worst enemy of the strategist is the clock. Time trouble... Reduces us all to pure reflex and reaction, tactical play. Emotion and instinct cloud our strategic vision when there is no time for proper evaluation.

I now have Croatian citizenship, but I only accepted it because Croatia allowed me to keep my Russian passport.

I dropped the King's Indian in 1997 after one too many bad experiences against Kramnik.