Our mind is all we’ve got. Not that it won’t lead us astray sometimes, but we still have to analyze things out within ourselves.
That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one.
A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player.
I felt that chess is a science in the form of a game. I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like a scientist.
I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.
Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.
The old chess is too limited. Imagine playing cards, blackjack for example, and every time the dealer has the same starting hand you have the same starting hand. What’s the point?
