Boris Spassky famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.
-- Boris Spassky

#Theatre #Cinema #Actors
When I am in form, my style is a little bit stubborn, almost brutal. Sometimes I feel a great spirit of fight which drives me on.
-- Boris Spassky

#Fighting #Style #Stubborn
I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some.
-- Boris Spassky

#Play
Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people.
-- Boris Spassky

#People #Choices #Competition
Which do I prefer? Sex or chess? It depends on the position.
-- Boris Spassky

#Sex #Chess #Position
I don't want ever to be champion again.
-- Boris Spassky

#Champion #Want
Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.
-- Boris Spassky

#Literature #Chess #Fischer
I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting.
-- Boris Spassky

#Interesting #Chess #Internet
The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.
-- Boris Spassky

#Attitude #Games #People
The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.
-- Boris Spassky

#Player #Unions #Chess
The power of hanging Pawns is based precisely in their Mobility, in their Ability to create acute situations instantly.
-- Boris Spassky

#Mobility #Chess #Pawns
The best indicator of a Chess Player's form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game.
-- Boris Spassky

#Player #Games #Chess
The best tournament that I have ever played in was in 1950. It was great - a waiter came to you during the game, and you could order anything you wanted to drink (even some vodka, if you liked). Pity, there are no longer tournaments organized in this manner...
-- Boris Spassky

#Order #Games #Chess
When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.
-- Boris Spassky

#Winning #Play #Chess
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.
-- Boris Spassky

#Trying #Juniors #Debt
Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.
-- Boris Spassky

#Sacrifice #Player #Important
The computer age has arrived, and it influences everything: analysis, preparation, information. Now a different talent is required - the ability to synthesize ideas.
-- Boris Spassky

#Ideas #Preparation #Age
I still hope to kill Fischer
-- Boris Spassky

#Chess #Fischer #Stills
For example, computer defends well, but for humans its is harder to defend than attack, particularly with the modern time control.
-- Boris Spassky

#Example #Computer #Modern
After I won the title, I was confronted with the real world. People do not behave naturally anymore - hypocrisy is everywhere.
-- Boris Spassky

#Real #People #Hypocrisy
Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.
-- Boris Spassky

#Player #Chess #Modern
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.
-- Boris Spassky

#Country #Kings #Responsibility
There is only one thing Fischer does in Chess without pleasure: to lose!
-- Boris Spassky

#Doe #Chess #Pleasure
Time control directly influences the quality of play.
-- Boris Spassky

#Play #Quality #Influence
I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else.
-- Boris Spassky

#Thinking #Play #Champion
Recently I saw Kasparov and he looked to me as still young and potent champion.
-- Boris Spassky

#Champion #Saws #Young
Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.
-- Boris Spassky

#Struggle #Waiting #Chess
The shortcoming of hanging pawns is that they present a convenient target for attack. As the exchange of men proceeds, their potential strength lessens and during the endgame they turn out, as a rule, to be weak.
-- Boris Spassky

#Men #Target #Chess
My forte was the middlegame. I had a good feeling for the critical moments of the play. This undoubtedly compensated for my lack of opening preparation and, possibly, not altogether perfect play in the endgame. In my games things often did not reach the endgame!
-- Boris Spassky

#Games #Play #Perfect

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