Boris Spassky Quotes About Chess

• We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.

  Boris Spassky

  Theatre, Cinema, Actors

• Which do I prefer? Sex or chess? It depends on the position.

  Boris Spassky

  Sex, Chess, Position

• The best tournament that I have ever played in was in 1950. It was great - a waiter came to you during the game, and you could order anything you wanted to drink (even some vodka, if you liked). Pity, there are no longer tournaments organized in this manner.

  Boris Spassky

  Order, Games, Chess

• Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.

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  Sacrifice, Player, Important

• Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people.

  Boris Spassky

  People, Choices, Competition

• The power of hanging Pawns is based precisely in their Mobility, in their Ability to create acute situations instantly.

  Boris Spassky

  Mobility, Chess, Pawns

• When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.

  Boris Spassky

  Winning, Chess Game, Play

• I still hope to kill Fischer

  Boris Spassky

  Chess, Fischer, Stills

• There is only one thing Fischer does in Chess without pleasure: to lose!

  Boris Spassky

  Doe, Chess, Pleasure

• My forte was the middlegame. I had a good feeling for the critical moments of the play. This undoubtedly compensated for my lack of opening preparation and, possibly, not altogether perfect play in the endgame. In my games things often did not reach the endgame!

  Boris Spassky

  Play, Games, Perfect

• The computer age has arrived, and it influences everything: analysis, preparation, information. Now a different talent is required - the ability to synthesize ideas.

  Boris Spassky

  Ideas, Preparation, Age

• The shortcoming of hanging pawns is that they present a convenient target for attack. As the exchange of men proceeds, their potential strength lessens and during the endgame they turn out, as a rule, to be weak.

  Boris Spassky

  Men, Target, Chess

• Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.

  Boris Spassky

  Struggle, Waiting, Chess

• I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting.

  Boris Spassky

  Interesting, Chess, Internet

• The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.

  Boris Spassky

  Attitude, Games, People

• The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.

  Boris Spassky

  Player, Unions, Chess

• The best indicator of a Chess Player's form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game.

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  Success, Player, Games

• I try to help developing junior chess. When I lived in USSR, I got a lot of free help from very good coaches - now I am trying to repay that debt.

  Boris Spassky

  Trying, Debt, Chess

• Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.

  Boris Spassky

  Player, Chess, Modern

• After I won the title, I was confronted with the real world. People do not behave naturally anymore - hypocrisy is everywhere.

  Boris Spassky

  Real, Hypocrisy, People

• In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you.

  Boris Spassky

  Country, Kings, Responsibility

• Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.

  Boris Spassky

  Literature, Chess, Fischer

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