Yes, I have played a blitz game once. It was on a train, in 1929.More Michael Botvinnik quotes [04/09/2009 12:04:00]

Along with my retirement from chess analytical work seems to have gone too.More Michael Botvinnik quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

In short, we can see Karpov as an exploiter of other people’s ideas. His ability to use these ideas is not at issue, but he himself is about as fertile as a woman who has been sterilized is.More Michael Botvinnik quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinistsMore Michael Botvinnik quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Every great master will find it useful to have his own theory on the openings, which only he himself knows, a theory which is closely linked with plans for the middle game.More Michael Botvinnik quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]