I thank the Lord for not pairing me with Black against Magnus Carlsen in the first round.
Nigel Short 2017
.If we compare Carlsen with Anand or me or someone else, by ten criteria, he will be stronger in eight of them.
Veselin Topalov 2015
I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.
Robert Fischer 1971
Chess is a scientific game and its literature ought to be placed on the basis of the strictest truthfulness, which is the foundation of all scientific research.
W. Steinitz
In one game it is too difficult to play both for win and draw simultaneously.
Mihail Tal 1969