I will not hide the fact that I love to hear the spectators react after a sacrifice of a piece or pawn. I don't think that there is anything bad in such a feeling; no artist or musician is indifferent to the reactions of the public.

In my games I have sometimes found a combination intuitively simply feeling that it must be there. Yet I was not able to translate my thought processes into normal human language.

First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns.

I'd like to always be romantic in chess. Sadly, this doesn't always work like that.

I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune.

The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to the realization of this goal, the less you think about it.

Planning anything is hopeless.