We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.
From Boris Spassky
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.
I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else.
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.
Nowadays it would be reasonable to have an annual world championship.
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.
Recently I saw Kasparov and he looked to me as still young and potent champion.
The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.
Time control directly influences the quality of play.
Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.
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