Before Geller we did not understand the King's Indian Defence.

It must be clearly understood that Soviet players do not seek simple systems in the opening, but try to formulate opening systems in which everything is complicated, distinctive, or new.

Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists

A knight ending is really a pawn ending.

There is no better place for learning to work independently and to extend your horizon than in higher school.

If Tal sacrifices a piece, take it. If Petrosian sacrifices a piece, don't take it.

Capablanca's phenomenal move-searching algorithm in those early years, when he possessed a wonderful ability for calculating variations very rapidly, made him invincible.