I don't like to show my emotions at the board, not because they might give something away to an opponent, but because that's my style: I like to keep it to myself.

Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game.

With the Berlin I was able to set up a fortress that he could come near but not breach.

When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical game for example. That is the beauty of clarity.

I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he succeeds in mastering this situation.

Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.

An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.