The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.
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Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.
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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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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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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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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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