The highest Art of the Chess player lies in not allowing your Opponent to show you what he can do.

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.

It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.

Let the greater part of the news thou hearest be the least part of what thou believest.

Mirth is better than fun and happiness is better than mirth.

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

There is a melancholy which accompanies all enthusiasm.

The readers are very similar. The books they know, the questions they ask, the characters they like. That is similar.

Breakups hurt like a motherf*#ker, but they are not the end of the world. The pain is temporary, and if handled properly, they can even be life-changing.

Yes, I know it. In the darkness of my dark beating heart, I know. He'd have loved it alright. You see? Even Death Has A Heart.

Take sips of this pure wine being poured. Don't mind that you've been given a dirty cup.

No matter what Hitler said, he spoke with a fine feeling for the particular circle which he addressed. ... He was a great psychologist.