When your house is on fire, you can’t be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in Chess, if your King is under attack you don’t worry about losing a Pawn on the Queen's side

Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call Chess a typical inexact problem similar to those which people are always having to solve in everyday life

We like to think

Chess is not a fixed or static body of knowledge. It is dynamic

At the highest level, chess is a talent to control unrelated things. It is like controlling chaos

Chess is a black and white jungle

Chess is war; chess is all about testosterone-driven primal screams

Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles

Everyone can define chess in their own way. But in the first place chess is sport, because what we are really interested in is the name of the winner. However, I think that one’s desire to win is not productive, unless it is grounded by one’s striving to fight and to create something beautiful. But on the other hand, one can’t be constantly winning when occupied with creating masterpieces. With me, however, as long as I have a desire to seek something new and to play beautiful games, I continue to win.