I have great energy and I have great tasks ahead of me.

I've met enough KGB colonels in my life.

If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure.

A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to ordinary people, or notes or scores to musicians.

It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.

I think Russians today have a distorted picture of capitalism, liberal democracy and market economy.

Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.

At the end of the day, it's all about money.

Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be.

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.

When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games I knew the winning method.

In success formula, master of history is the master builder of tomorrow

One who conquers others is great, one who conquers the world is mighty, but one who conquers himself is divine.

American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.

Marriage is only good for two things: tax breaks and adultery.

Satan does not care whether he drags you down to hell as a Calvinist or as an Arminian, so long as he can get you there.

Washington and New York, two primary targets for Al Qaeda.

Speaking of ways, pet, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract.

The trouble is, you can't properly present something you don't believe in.

Law is not a trade, not briefs, not merchandise, and so the heaven of commercial competition should not vulgarize the legal profession.