I was pushed out of USSR by the hands of Petrosian and Karpov. But now, after 10 years, Petrosian is not longer alive and Karpov is not longer World Champion, so it seems that everything is in place now.
Viktor Kortchnoi 1986 NIC
16. “By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don’t swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking.
Anatoly Karpov
It is not possible to become a great player without having learned how to analyse deeply and accurately.
Mark Dvoretsky
Petrosian would never have beaten me if he had played like that in 1963.
Mikhail Botvinnik 1966
Kasparov’s book are the best, as far as high level analyses are concerned.
Jan Timman 1991 NIC
