Kramnik was the luckiest man in the history of chess. He never won a single cycle, he got all the matches that he played for political reasons.
Veselin Topalov 2014
Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess.
Irving Chernev
You can’t look too annoyed or they’ll look for the mistake you’ve made. A lot of the time it’s about looking for these opportunities and if you give them a clue, the good players will find it.
Magnus Carlsen 2016
‘We may all be equal in the eyes of the Lord, but in my eyes you are certainly not equal to me.’
Robert Fischer
Everything is very concrete nowadays. The computer often gives unnatural moves which are correct, but sometimes hard to remember. You know a line is correct, but then your forget something and lose terribly.
Daniel Stellwagen 2010
