Bronstein in myth-busting mode

An excerpt from a Bronstein interview in  December 2001:

While we ( interviewer and Bronstein ) are leaving the FIDE championship he embarks on one of his favourite topics, the alleged complexity of chess. 'It's a myth which I believe originated with Alekine and Capablanca. At that time there were not that many strong players and they were held in tremendous esteem. Which suited them fine, so they began to cultivate this idea of an incredibly difficult game. This assumption has survived to this day. kasparov says that only very few top players have this smell for chess.' he touches his nose in mock arrogance and continues: ' What nonsense. Chess is an easy game to learn. I remember a lecture I gave for a gathereing of executives at Hewlett Packard. I told them that I couldn't believe it. We put a man on the moon, but we still play chess. ' He looks at me, smiling expectantly: 'That was not an introductory remark they had expected from a chess grandmaster.'