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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
Tags: stronger, television, never, me

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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
Tags: trying, free, i-am, good
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
Tags: i-am, style, great, me
The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.
— Boris Spassky
Tags: players, chess, only, rich
Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.
— Boris Spassky
Tags: his, chess, literature, knowledge
We were like bishops of opposite color.
— Boris Spassky
Tags: were, opposite, color, like
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