I think now I'm up to something like 85 different titles that I've published.
Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.
In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.
No fantasy, however rich, no technique, however masterly, no penetration into the psychology of the opponent, however deep, can make a chess game a work of art, if these qualities do not lead to the main goal - the search for truth.
My study of chess was accompanied by a strong attraction to music, and it was probably thanks to this that from childhood I became accustomed to thinking of chess as an art, for all the science and sport involved in it.
The first chess book that I read was Dufresne's self-tutor, published with Lasker's Common Sense in Chess as an appendix.
The Ruy Lopez occupied a constant place in my opening repertoire. In it is reflected the classical interpretation of the problem of the centre.
The bad news is you're falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there's no ground.
We have spent the best part of the past century enthusiastically testing the world to utter destruction; not looking closely enough at the long-term impact our actions will have.
A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written.
I kind of have to pinch myself. A lot of my dreams are coming true.