To be champion requires more than simply being a strong player; one has to be a strong human being as well.

Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.

I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the biggest group of victims of iodine deficiency.

Bulgaria is the first state that has been awarded for its excellent fight against iodine deficiency by UNICEF.

Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position

The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten things out. But we should not wait that long anymore to change the situation, because we are running out of time.

The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.

I still remember Botvinnik's reaction to each of my games, right from the opening moves. At first he would express amazement, then annoyance, and, finally irritation.

By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking.

Happiness should always remain a bit incomplete. After all, dreams are boundless.

The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.

My world is about stories that entertain

TANSTAAFL: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

It's what you do right now that makes a difference.

The only way that your work will truly find an audience is if it is genuine.

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.

The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.

But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.

Illusion throughout is illusion. There is no end to it, just as there is no end to imagination.

If you're going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you're going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic.