You only task in the opening is to reach a playable middle game.
Lajos Portisch
” Chess is a sport. A violent sport.”
Marcel Duchamp
Petrosian would never have beaten me if he had played like that in 1963.
Mikhail Botvinnik 1966
According to my experiences, in key events, normally the games’ quality is not as high as other major events. Most brilliant games are not found in championships at present.
Garry Kasparov 2014
Chess is my hobby. I have been playing chess since five years old. I like to play chess, to help chess, sponsoring chess, and attract my business friends to chess in order to develop and popularize chess. Everybody has a hobby. My hobby is chess, boxing and Buddhism.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2010