I Like To Make Them Squirm.

It's The Fault Of The Chess Players Themselves. I Don't Know What They Used To Be, But Now They're Not The Most Gentlemanly Group. When It Was A Game Played By The Aristocrats It Had More Like You Know Dignity To It. When They Used To Have The Clubs, Like No Women Were Allowed And Everybody Went In Dressed In A Suit, A Tie, Like Gentlemen, You Know. Now, Kids Come Running In Their Sneakers. Even In The Best Chess Club-and They Got Women In There. It's A Social Place And People Are Making Noise, It's A Madhouse.

As Olafsson Showed Me, White Can Win... It's Hard To Believe. I Stayed Up All Night Analysing, Finally Convicing Myself, And, Incidentally, Learning A Lot About Rook And Pawn Endings In The Process.

Chess Is War Over The Board. The Object Is To Crush The Opponents Mind.

In My Opinion, The King's Gambit Is Busted. It Loses By Force.

Different People Feel Differently About Resigning