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At the highest level the lowest was probably ₤5 for Morphy for his match against Harrwitz and Anderssen both in 1858 and $5,000,000 sponsored by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for the World Championship Tournament organised in 1997.

Kasparov is great as a chess player, but all his attempts to prove himself as an organizer – let’s say, is beyond the champion’s level. Boris Gelfand
2016
With the modern computer age, there are some new ideas, but the principles are basically the same… I try not to over-focus on preparation. Magnus Carlsen
2012
Chess…gives students an opportunity to think at a different level. Dr. Chad Witherspoon
2014
Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders. Savielly Tartakower
Despite the ugliness of his decline, Bobby Fischer deserves to be remembered for the great things he did for chess and for his immortal games. Garry Kasparov
2004

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