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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.

When you see a good move, look for a better one Emanuel Lasker
Looks like I’m going to raise the average age of the field and lower the average rating! Garry Kasparov
2017
Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it’s okay to lose. I don’t. You have to be merciless. Magnus Carlsen
it would have been a debacle if Karjakin had become the 17th World Champion. Garry Kasparov
2016
Chess is a game by its form, an art by its content and a science by the difficulty of gaining mastery in it. Chess can convey as much happiness as a good book or work of music can. However, it is necessary to learn to play well and only afterwards will one experience real delight. Tigran Petrosian

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