Petrosian would never have beaten me if he had played like that in 1963.
Mikhail Botvinnik 1966
In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop within yourself a large number of qualities, the qualities of an artistic creator, a calculating practitioner, a cold calm competitor.
Alexander Kotov
Carlsen: “I ran out of steam towards the end but fortunately I played better than he did”
Magnus Carlsen 2017
I will be World Champion, if not now I will be World Champion later, but of course better now!
Sergey Karjakin 2016
The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
Savielly Tartakower
