I Was Never Invited To The White

Chess Demands Total Concentration

I Studied That First Karpov-kasparov Match For A Year And A Half Before I Cracked It, What They Were Doing, And Discovered That It Was All Prearranged Move-by-move. There's No Doubt Of It In My Mind.

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.

I Hate Ready-made Suits, Button-down Collars, And Sports Shirts.

Alekhine Developed As A Player Much More Slowly Than Most. In His Twenties, He Was An Atrocious Chessplayer, And Didn't Mature Until He Was Well Into His Thirties.