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