In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a King - and when you are King you feel a lot of responsibility, but there is nobody there to help you.

He was a World Chess Championship candidate on seven occasions (1956 1965 1968 1974 1977 1980 and 1985). Boris Vasilievich Spassky (also Spasskij; Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский; born January 30 1937) is a Soviet-French chess grandmaster.