The system set up by F.I.D.E. ... Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion... The Russians arranged it that way.

I could give any woman in the world a piece and a move; to Gaprindashvili even, a knight.

I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves

I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.

I don't like American girls. They're very conceited, you know. In Europe they're more pleasant.

Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.

The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality.

Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.

All I want to do, ever, is play chess.

America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they're doing in Yugoslavia...

I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so wel

When you're young and dating someone, just play it safe and don't try so hard.

All our stories are simultaneously unique and desperately similar, aren't they?

There's me and then there's you, and you aren't ever going to be as good as me, Sweet Thing." Ranger

You cannot change what you refuse to confront.

Human happiness konsists in having what yu want, and wanting what yu have.

We only did probably two, three takes on every scene we did, at the most.

See, that's the thing about L.A.- When you've mastered the art of feeling lonely in a room full of people, that's when you know.

The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities! They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn breath upon the planet.

It's not hard being great occasionally. It's difficult to be good consistently.