Who said this quote?

It went something like:

If you want to exceed, chess must not only be first priority in your life. It must also be second, and third.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks.

you probably mean 'succeed' or 'excel'.

Maybe. Any idea on who said it, or what the quote itself really is?

I have searched the Internet all over-no dice - but I'll keep trying!

I know I read it my chess book Russians versus Fischer. Yet it's such a long book, and I've skimmed it a few times (skipped over the games, just read the narrative, but I'll go back to the games!). That's where I found the quote, in the narrative. But for the life of me I can't find it again.

Any progress?

i don't know

Still looking, but thanks for the clue!

I finally found the pesky thing!

Page 63 of Russians versus Fischer:

"After Buenos Aires, Taimanov concludes, 'for a whole decade I used to meet Fischer - at tournaments, in ordinary life, at official bangquests and picnics, on walks - and I can swear that I never saw him without a chess set and chess books. He was immersed in chess; that was his natural elemenet, the only one in which he breathed freely. And chess reciprocated his dedication. Najdorf once said: "If you want to succeed, you have to put chess first in your life. But that is not enough - you must also put it second and third, as Fischer has done.""

I put the quote on my profile here too.

Success!