Science & Tech Quote by Boris Spassky

A former world champion praising chess on the Internet sounds quaint now, but in Spassky's mouth it’s quietly radical. He’s not selling a product or preaching a tech utopia; he’s marking a shift in where authority lives. Chess used to be gated by geography, institutions, and a certain Soviet-era aura of secrecy and state prestige. Spassky, who once embodied that old world, is calmly acknowledging a new one: the game’s center of gravity has migrated to the screen.

The name-drop matters. Kasparov isn’t just any grandmaster with a homepage; he’s the post-Soviet supernova, the politically outspoken rival-turned-symbol of modern chess professionalism. By calling Kasparov’s site “very interesting,” Spassky is doing something more deft than complimenting content. He’s granting legitimacy to an emerging platform and, indirectly, to Kasparov’s version of chess: public, global, constantly updated, less dependent on federations and more on direct connection with fans.

There’s subtext in the modesty, too. “I also follow” positions Spassky as a participant, not a gatekeeper. It’s a small sentence that shrinks the distance between legend and audience: the champion is now a reader, browsing like everyone else. That flattening is the real story. The Internet doesn’t just distribute games; it redistributes status, turning private preparation and elite commentary into something consumable, shareable, and, in Spassky’s understated endorsement, inevitable.