If (Black) is going for victory, he is practically forced to allow his opponent to get some kind of well-known positional advantage.

Many Chess players were surprised when after the game, Fischer quietly explained: 'I had already analyzed this possibility' in a position which I thought was not possible to foresee from the opening

There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine

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.

It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!

Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices.