Maybe I had something of Capablanca. Why should I prepare when I have ideas?
Svetozar Gligoric 1989 NIC
It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men
Savielly Tartakower
When I am in the USSR, I have the feeling that every tram conductor plays chess better than I do.
Hans Ree
Politics is a team game, here it is necessary to compromise, to take into account the views of other people. As for Garry, he is quite a contentious, totalitarian person. But in general, I’m sorry that Kasparov switched to a role that does not match the scale of his personality.
Vladimir Kramnik 2015
I have often written that Karpov is like an iceberg. Well, Kasparov was the Titanic.
Alexander Roshal