Boris Spassky: Chess is like life.
Bobby Fischer: Chess IS life!
Also Boris Spassky: My ex wife and I were like bishops of opposite colors.
(For you non chess players, he is referring to the fact that such bishops move around the same board, but never can meet on the same square).
RIP.
Rest In Peace, Boris.
My favorite quote of his was the one I read in “Chess Life” many decades ago: “A man who is willing to commit suicide has the initiative.” I don’t know how many times — and not just in chess — that one thought struck me. RIP, Boris, and thank you for playing a boy with a “fatal delusion” you kept in the game. God bless.
Nice quote