Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when their are only wasting their time.
Bernard Shaw
Carlsen simply plays chess well. It seems to me that in such cases people are inclined to look for some supernatural explanation, although the simplest explanation is also the most appropriate: the guy simply plays chess well.
Alexander Grischuk 2014
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game
Siegbert Tarrasch
Every chessmaster was once a beginner.
Irving Chernev
I have often written that Karpov is like an iceberg. Well, Kasparov was the Titanic.
Alexander Roshal
