At one point, after having already become a Grandmaster and champion of the USSR,I suddenly realized that I am heading for a dead end... I had to start everything over. But how hard and agonizing it is when you're no longer 16, but twice that age!

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It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock.

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Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.

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I don't study; I create.

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