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If The Opponent Offers Keen Play I Don't Object; But In Such Cases I Get Less Satisfaction, Even If I Win, Than From A Game Conducted According To All The Rules Of Strategy With Its Ruthless Logic.

I Like 1.e4 Very Much, But My Results Are Better With 1.d4.

Furman Astounded Me With His Chess Depth, A Depth Which He Revealed Easily And Naturally, As If All He Were Doing Was Establishing Well-known Truths.

I Didn't Picture Myself As Even A Grandmaster, To Say Nothing Of Aspiring To The Chess Crown. This Was Not Because I Was Timid - I Wasn't - But Because I Simply Lived In One World, And The Grandmasters Existed In A Completely Different One. People Like That Were Not Really Even People, But Like Gods Or Mythical Heroes.

I Still Remember Botvinnik's Reaction To Each Of My Games, Right From The Opening Moves. At First He Would Express Amazement, Then Annoyance, And, Finally Irritation.