Seville never had a rich chess tradition. Valencia is entirely different, it is enough to say that one of the city squares is named after me.

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.

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

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

Curiouser and curiouser, " he says. I smile at the reference. Carroll was totally a witch. The secrets of our world are written into that book.

I will tell the truth wherever I please.

If you like music you like silence actually.

The artesian well of joy never runs dry. We clog it with our thoughts.

In the 1950s, buggery was a criminal offence. Now it's a requirement to receive benefits from the federal government.

It's harder being a woman director because on the whole women don't have husbands or boyfriends who are willing to be wives

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.

I just want to say something. 655,000 Iraqi civilians are dead. Who are the terrorists?

Do not strive to be a modern artist: it's the one thing, unfortunately, you can't help being.

Life is all about finding your place. All of us are vulnerable, and at times we all feel adrift. But somehow, we all muddle through. He'll be fine. Like the rest of us. We just need some faith.