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

We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a very significant proportion of the British population that comes out of compulsory schooling with very low standards of education.

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

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

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

Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game

I cannot claim to thoroughly enjoy coaching, because it is very hard work if you are even moderately conscientious. Nevertheless it does provide a degree of satisfaction - not to mention a steady income, which is why I do it occasionally.