” Chess is a sport. A violent sport.”
Marcel Duchamp
There was a moment at the beginning when the machines were a positive, but lately we’ve being passing to the other extreme. Now it seems that a move isn’t good unless the machine says so.
Veselin Topalov 2016
Unfortunately this gentlemanlike behaviour among chessplayers is out of fashion. It’s my principle that you should respect your opponent as much as you respect yourself.
Lajos Portisch 1990
The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
Savielly Tartakower
When I see the Berlin defence, I am almost happy that I am not longer a top player!
Nigel Short 2016
