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Boris Spassky [1937-0] Russian

Rank: 104
Celebrity, Chess Grandmaster

Boris Vasilievich Spassky is a Russian chess grandmaster. He was the tenth World Chess Champion, holding the title from 1969 to 1972. He is the oldest surviving former world champion.

Attitude, Society, Sports

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When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.		101
I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting.		102
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.		103
The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.	Attitude, Society	104
I don't want ever to be champion again.		105
Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.		106
On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think that this control does not suit World Championship matches.	Sports	107
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.		108
Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.		109
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.		110
When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally.		111
I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else.		112
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.		113
Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship.		114
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.		115
Recently I saw Kasparov and he looked to me as still young and potent champion.		116
The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.		117
Time control directly influences the quality of play.		118
We were like bishops of opposite color.		119
Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.		120
For example, computer defends well, but for humans its is harder to defend than attack, particularly with the modern time control.		121
I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some.		122

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