It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning endgame.

By playing slowly during the early phases of a game I am able to grasp the basic requirements of each position. Then, despite being in time pressure, I have no difficulty in finding the best continuation. Incidentally, it is an odd fact that more often than not it is my opponent who gets the jitters when I am compelled to make these hurried moves.

Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating.

The only good Rook is a working Rook!

Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience.

My style is somewhere between that of Tal and Petrosian

No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.