I personally believe that Karpov should have been more generous with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Kirsan is the only president in the history of FIDE, and maybe in the history of all international federations, who has contributed dozens of million dollars for the sport he loves. By the way, some of these millions went directly to Anatoly’s pocket…
George Makropoulos 2005
I’ve been playing chess professionally for 35 years! It’s a long time, and when people can still say that they enjoy my chess, that’s great.
Nigel Short 2016
No player, however strong, no member, however large, shall stand above FIDE
Florencio Campomanes
Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for.
Hans Ree
” The essence of chess is thinking about what chess is.”
David Bronstein
