When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!'

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.

Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!

I can take care of myself! But the "external barriers", my opponents, do indeed concern me.

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

Botvinnik's right! When he says such things, then he's right. Usually, I prefer not to study chess but to play it. For me chess is more an art than a science. It's been said that Alekhine and I played similar chess, except that he studied more. Yes, perhaps, but I have to say that he played, too.

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