It was clear to me that the vulnerable point of the American Grandmaster (Bobby Fischer) was in double-edged, hanging, irrational positions, where he often failed to find a win even in a won position

The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board.

Just as it is wrong to work on chess by studying only the first 10-15 moves, so it is wrong to play one and the same opening system, even though it be rich in variations and nuances.

It so often happens that, after sacrificing a pawn, a player aims not to obtain the initiative for it, but to regain sacrificed material.

God did not separate humanity from the environment in which they were created

My two worlds were colliding and the friction of this set fire to my life. It was time to roast some wieners.

I think Red Sox fans have always been good to me; they've treated me well.

Accept the fact that life presents us with opportunities to find more than one "one", and that you have learned a mighty life lesson when the next one comes along.

Forcing victims of sexual harassment into secret arbitration proceedings is wrong because it means that nobody ever finds out what really happened.

Unlike sciences, literature as art relies on societal acceptance of a certain vocabulary.

... I think we grieve forever, but that goes for love too, fortunately for us all.

Death comes in a flash, and that's the truth of it, the person's gone in less than 24 frames of film.

Between 21-30 women go through humungous changes. After that, they've generally achieved what they wanted, and they're more settled.

We read books to find out who we are.