Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!

Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!

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.

Naturally, the psychological susceptibility of a match participant is significantly higher than a participant in a tournament, since each game substantially changes the over-all position.

Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique.

Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.

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