Chess is, in essence, a game for children. Computers have exacerbated the trends towards youth because they now have an immensely powerful tool at their disposal and can absorb vast amounts of information extremely quickly.

Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people.

I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw.

Unlike my esteemed colleague Garry Kasparov, I don't restrict the strength of opposition to Elo <2000, as fly-swatting makes poor spectator sport. (on simultaneous exhibitions)

A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused.

If chess is a vast jungle, computers are the chainsaws in a giant environmentally insensitive logging company.

I play way too much blitz chess. It rots the brain just as surely as alcohol.