Chess is one of the few arts where composition takes place simultaneously with performance.
I like to say that the attacker always has the advantage.
We’ve been saying Putin is a dictator for years who doesn’t care about the law.
My nature is that I have to excite myself with a big challenge.
In conclusion, if you want to unravel the multitude of secrets of chess then don’t begrudge the time.
The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture.
We have to always look ahead enough moves to be well prepared, even for victory!
I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father – and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I’d forget about my other pieces.
Question the status quo at all times, especially when things are going well.
When you say politics, you conjure a whole bunch of associations: elections, campaigning, debates, fundraising. None of this exists in Russia! We are still fighting not for election victories but for having elections at all.
Everyone, at any age, has talents that aren’t fully developed-even those who reach the top of their profession.
The real political life in Russia unfortunately is not in the parliament but on the streets and in the media.
The only successor to President Putin is President Putin himself and we could of course dream about President Putin stepping down voluntarily and picking out successor which would be probably as bad as him.
The technical phase can be boring because there is little opportunity for creavivity, for art. Boredom leads to complacency and mistakes.
My love of dynamic complications often led me to avoid simplicity when perhaps it was the wisest choice.
With this mistake I deprived myself of the possibility to make a contribution to the treasury of chess art.
Setbacks and losses are both inevitable and essential if you’re going to improve and become a good, even great, competitor. The art is in avoiding catastrophic losses in the key battles.
Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles.
Next to the intellectual stimulation of chess, the educational value is of great importance. Chess teaches logic, imagination, self-discipline, and determination.
For me, chess is a language, and if it’s not my native tongue, it is one I learned via the immersion method at a young age.