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I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind.


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You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one

You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one



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.

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.



If you wait for luck to turn up, life becomes very boring.

If you wait for luck to turn up, life becomes very boring.



Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.

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

There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine



Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent

Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent



To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess.

To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess.



When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!'

When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!'



Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.

Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.



Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!

Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!





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It’s a hard thing to accept that someone wants you dead. It forces you to decide if you have anything worth living for.

It’s a hard thing to accept that someone wants you dead. It forces you to decide if you have anything worth living for.



What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be called the truth. It's above the truth.

What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be called the truth. It's above the truth.



Waves are not measured in feet or inches, they are measured in increments of fear.

Waves are not measured in feet or inches, they are measured in increments of fear.



My cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied.

My cares and my inquiries are for decency and truth, and in this I am wholly occupied.



Your name is Windows. Why are you a flag?

Your name is Windows. Why are you a flag?



Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.

Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.



Sometimes you go through those phases where you take your parents for granted, but I really do appreciate everything my mother's done because I know I wouldn't be here if it weren't for her.

Sometimes you go through those phases where you take your parents for granted, but I really do appreciate everything my mother's done because I know I wouldn't be here if it weren't for her.



Let us resolve the internal political problems of Russia ourselves

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