It’s always more difficult to hold the title than to get it.
Vladimir Akopian 2012
I don’t particularly like being searched electronically. It is inconceivable that such a thing would happen in any other sport. It is fundamentally anti-chess, and I think the people who are behind this decision need their heads looked at! They are sick! They are ruining the very beauty that is chess.
Nigel Short 2016
As chess players, Kasparov and Karpov have exhausted themselves, the people began to forget them and they are trying to attract attention with their inadequate statements.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2010
Every chessmaster was once a beginner.
Irving Chernev
Carlsen is a combination of Karpov and Fischer style.
Garry Kasparov 2017
