If you don’t take risks, you don’t drink champagne.
All women are inferior to men.
Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The temptation is to make a decision, any decision, even if it is an inferior choice.
At the end of the day, it’s all about money.
Of course, if people do not want to do any work then it is better to start the game from a random position.
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.