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

- Boris Spassky

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Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship.

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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.

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.

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