Top 25 Boris Spassky Quotes (2024 Update)

Boris Spassky Quote: “I still hope to kill Fischer.”

1. “I still hope to kill Fischer.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “A man who is willing to commit suicide has the initiative.”

2. “A man who is willing to commit suicide has the initiative.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “There is only one thing Fischer does in Chess without pleasure: to lose!”

3. “There is only one thing Fischer does in Chess without pleasure: to lose!”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “The computer age has arrived, and it influences everything: analysis, preparation, information. Now a different talent is required – the ability to synthesize ideas.”

4. “The computer age has arrived, and it influences everything: analysis, preparation, information. Now a different talent is required – the ability to synthesize ideas.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.”

5. “Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.”

6. “Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “After I won the title, I was confronted with the real world. People do not behave naturally anymore – hypocrisy is everywhere.”

7. “After I won the title, I was confronted with the real world. People do not behave naturally anymore – hypocrisy is everywhere.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “The best indicator of a Chess Player’s form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game.”

8. “The best indicator of a Chess Player’s form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “I don’t want ever to be champion again.”

9. “I don’t want ever to be champion again.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.”

10. “Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.”

11. “When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “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.”

12. “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.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov’s site is very interesting.”

13. “I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov’s site is very interesting.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.”

14. “The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “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!”

15. “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!”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.”

16. “The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “The power of hanging Pawns is based precisely in their Mobility, in their Ability to create acute situations instantly.”

17. “The power of hanging Pawns is based precisely in their Mobility, in their Ability to create acute situations instantly.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “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.”

18. “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.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “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.”

19. “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.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “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.”

20. “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.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “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.”

21. “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.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess – players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.”

22. “Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess – players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else.”

23. “I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “I don’t play in tournaments, but I follow some.”

24. “I don’t play in tournaments, but I follow some.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “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.”

25. “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.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “Time control directly influences the quality of play.”

26. “Time control directly influences the quality of play.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “Recently I saw Kasparov and he looked to me as still young and potent champion.”

27. “Recently I saw Kasparov and he looked to me as still young and potent champion.”

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Boris Spassky Quote: “For example, computer defends well, but for humans its is harder to defend than attack, particularly with the modern time control.”

28. “For example, computer defends well, but for humans its is harder to defend than attack, particularly with the modern time control.”

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