I was pushed out of USSR by the hands of Petrosian and Karpov. But now, after 10 years, Petrosian is not longer alive and Karpov is not longer World Champion, so it seems that everything is in place now.
Viktor Kortchnoi 1986 NIC
Chess…gives students an opportunity to think at a different level.
Dr. Chad Witherspoon 2014
School is a waste of time for me. I want to be world chess champion, and they can’t teach me anything there.
Robert Fischer 1961
You only task in the opening is to reach a playable middle game.
Lajos Portisch
” Chess is most certainly not my life.”
Tony Miles