Chess Is A Matter Of

My Very First Book Was A Games Collection Of Anatoly Karpov. On The Whole I Was Attracted By Positonal Play With Some Tactics, And Already Then I Was Aiming For Universality.

I Go To Bed At 4 A. M. Almost All Chessplayers Do.

The Berlin Defence Suited My Strategy For The Match. I Had A Defensive Strategy - Actually, I Had In My Pocket Some Other Sharper Stuff To Fall Back On - But First I Wanted To Try The Defensive Strategy With Black And It Worked So Well.

I Started Playing Chess When I Was About 4 Or 5 Years Old. It Is Very Good For Children To Learn To Play Chess, Because It Helps Them To Develop Their Mental Abilities. It Also Helps To Consolidate A Person's Character, Because As It Happens Both In Life And In A Chess Game We Have To Make Decisions Constantly. In Chess There Is No Luck And No Excuses: Everything Is In Your Hands.

For Us Chess Players The Language Of Artist Is Something Natural.