The only way to fail for me is just not to try.
All that now seems to stand between Nigel and the prospect of the world crown is the unfortunate fact that fate brought him into this world only two years after Kasparov.
We have to stop the propaganda, the shameful propaganda used by Kremlin to rehabilitate these old types.
There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
I’ve met enough KGB colonels in my life.
Do as little as necessary to appear to be doing something without actually committing to a cause or course of action.
I have some strategical vision, I could calculate some few moves ahead and I have an intellect that is badly missed in the country which is run by generals and colonels.
I have some security that could protect me against provocations but of course there are more terrible actions that could not be stopped by any security.
I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it’s not a western invention.
We think about time as something not to waste, not as something to invest.
I may play some exhibition games so I don’t want to quit the game of chess completely. I just decided and it’s a firm decision not to play competitive chess anymore.
Putin can’t afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
Nowadays, a 13-year-old would probably know more than Bobby Fischer knew when he retired. They analyse all the moves and prepare themselves on their computers. But that doesn’t mean they are special.
Losing can persuade you to change what doesn’t need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.
With each success the ability to change is reduced. My longtime friend and coach Grandmaster Yuri Dokhoian, aptly compared it to being dipped in bronze. Each victory added another coat.
If you’re already in a fight, you want the first blow to be the last and you had better be the one to throw it.
One does not succeed by sticking to convention.
The legend of the best player of chess has been destroyed.
When your house is on fire, you cant be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in Chess, if your King is under attack you don’t worry about losing a Pawn on the Queen’s side.
Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess a typical inexact problem similar to those which people are always having to solve in everyday life.