The master quotes!

Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic. -Mikhail Botvinnik

Botvinnik's right! When he says such things, then he's right. Usually, i prefer not to study chess but to play it. For me chess is more an art than a science. It's been said that Alekhine and I played similar chess, except that he studied more. Yes, perhaps, but I have to say that he played, too. -Mikhail Tal

Even a poor plan is better than no plan at all. -Mikhail Chigorin

Chess is not for timid souls. -Wilhelm Steinitz

He who analyses blitz is stupid. -Rashid Nezhmetdinov

The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board. -Efim Geller

But you see when i play a game of Bobby, there is no style. Bobby played perfectly. And perfection has no style. -Miguel Najdorf

It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said i play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock. -Viktor Korchnoi

The next one I like it and is funny!

Kasparov is a gangster, he is a disgrace to chess, he is disgrace to human race. He is not something Russia should be proud of. He should join Khodorkovsky in prison. He has committed a terrible fraud with all these prearranged games and matches. -Bobby Fischer

One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent , civilized people - men of the stature of Garry Kasparov, the former world champion, who was my part-time coach. -Magnus Carlsen

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