In my games I have sometimes found a combination intuitively simply feeling that it must be there. Yet I was not able to translate my thought processes into normal human language.
Just as one’s imagination is stirred by a girl’s smile, so is one’s imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.
There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine.
Botvinnik’s right! When he says such things, then he’s right. Usually, I prefer not to study chess but to play it. For me chess is more an art than a science. It’s been said that Alekhine and I played similar chess, except that he studied more. Yes, perhaps, but I have to say that he played, too.
Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chess heavens.