If something is exceptionally well done it has embedded in it's very existence the aim of lifting the common denominator rather than catering to it.

It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's enjoyable it can't possibly be literature.

I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.

All I want to do, ever, is play chess.

There are too many Jews in chess. They seem to have taken away the class of the game. They don't seem to dress so nicely. That's what I don't like.

I'd like to let younger (members) take the lead,