I was in Japan a couple of months ago, I saw a preview for the movie Pearl Harbor. And they showed the Japanese airplanes coming in to bomb Pearl Harbor, and I applauded. Nobody else in the theater applauded.

I love the game -- and I hate the Russians because they've almost ruined it. They only risk the title when they have to, every three years. They play for draws with each other but play to win against the Western masters. Draws make for dull chess, wins make for fighting chess.

Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.

My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don't take these things into consideration.

Blitz chess kills your ideas.

I have nothing to do with politics. I came here Yugoslavia to play chess and nothing else.

That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one.

Is it against the law to kill a reporter?

I want to see the U.S. wiped out. Death to the U.S.

Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.

All I want to do, ever, is play chess.

First of all, we have to understand what communism is. I mean, to me, real communism, the Soviet communism, is basically a mask for Bolshevism, which is a mask for Judaism.

I studied that first Karpov-Kasparov match for a year and a half before I cracked it, what they were doing, and discovered that it was all prearranged move-by-move. There's no doubt of it in my mind.

Psychologically, you have to have confidence in yourself and this confidence should be based on fact.

I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.

Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can't separate body from mind.

I don't keep any close friends. I don't keep any secrets. I don't need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that's all.

To get squares you have to give up squares.

I don't believe in hero worship.

I'm not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I'm the best. You don't need a match to prove it.