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Boris Spassky
Russian
Celebrity
Born:
Jan 30
,
1937
Champion
Chess
Control
Nowadays
Time
World
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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.
Boris Spassky
Great
Me
Fight
Sometimes
Style
Bit
Spirit
Brutal
Stubborn
Drives
Almost
Feel
Great Spirit
Am
Form
Which
Little
Little Bit
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.
Boris Spassky
Time
You
Champion
Responsibility
King
Country
Feel
Nobody
Like
Chess
Lot
Being
Help
When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.
Boris Spassky
You
Win
Win Or Lose
Lose
Question
Survive
Bobby
Play
Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation.
Boris Spassky
Sacrifice
Important
Nowadays
More
Obtain
Material
Chess
Often
Dynamic
Element
Compensation
Players
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.
Boris Spassky
Time
World
Control
Think
Other
More
Mass
Sport
Attractive
Obviously
Matches
Does
Chess
Hand
World Championship
Now
Championship
Suit
The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.
Boris Spassky
Attitude
Game
People
Young
Society
Related
Our
Towards
Chess
Closely
Place
Young People
Time control directly influences the quality of play.
Boris Spassky
Time
Quality
Control
Directly
Influences
Play
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.
Boris Spassky
Me
Stronger
Lost
Before
Television
Never
He
Because
Match
Opponent
Fischer
Won
Normally
Than
Against
Personally
Bobby
Producers
Organizations
Fought
Played
For example, computer defends well, but for humans its is harder to defend than attack, particularly with the modern time control.
Boris Spassky
Time
Example
Control
Defends
Attack
Computer
For Example
Particularly
Well
Than
Modern
Harder
Humans
Defend
I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else.
Boris Spassky
Quality
Champion
World
Try
Think
Else
More
Than
Anyone
Anyone Else
Should
World Champion
Play
Defend
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.
Boris Spassky
Good
Try
Free
Developing
Got
Am
Repay
Chess
Lot
Debt
Very
Junior
Trying
Coaches
Help
USSR
Lived
Now
Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship.
Boris Spassky
World
Nowadays
Would
Would-Be
Annual
Reasonable
World Championship
Championship
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.
Boris Spassky
Great
People
Competition
Young
Nowadays
Living
Difficulties
Our
High
Attract
Make
Because
Occupations
Does
Chess
Hobbies
Experiencing
Etc
Young People
Choice
Hard
Profession
Now
Recently I saw Kasparov and he looked to me as still young and potent champion.
Boris Spassky
Me
Champion
Young
Saw
Potent
He
Looked
Still
Recently
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