You Are Never Too Old

I Don't Recommend Trying To Cram A Lot Of Long Opening-move Variations Into Your Head. The Main Idea Behind Any Opening Is To Get A Strong Pawn Center And Give Your Pieces A Lot Of Scope So That You Cramp Your Opponent's Position And Can Attack Weaknesses In His Game.

I Hope The Icelandic Government Grants Me Political Asylum.

The System Set Up By F.i.d.e. ... Insures That There Will Always Be A Russian World Champion... The Russians Arranged It That Way.

I Object To Being Called A Chess Genius Because I Consider Myself To Be An All Around Genius Who Just Happens To Play Chess, Which Is Rather Different. A Piece Of Garbage Like Kasparov Might Be Called A Chess Genius, But He's Like An Idiot Savant. Outside Of Chess He Knows Nothing.

Well, I Kind Of Split My Life Into Two Pieces. One Was Where My Chess Career Lies. There, I Kept My Sanity, So To Speak, And My Logic. And The Other Was My Religious Life. I Tried To Apply What I Learned In The Church To My Chess Career Too. But I Still Was Studying Chess. I Wasn't Just "trusting In God" To Give Me The Moves.