Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work…

The masters and grandmasters can be divided into three groups - the inveterate time trouble merchants, those who sometimes get into trouble, and those…

— Alexander Kotov

The study of typical plans is something that the leading grandmasters devote a great deal of time to. I would say that the most…

— Alexander Kotov

If we are to elevate the game of chess to a popular sport, grandmasters must become gladiators, otherwise the game will languish on the…

— Michael Basman

Grandmasters decline with age. That's a given. There is nothing special about the age of 40, but age eventually takes its toll. That much…

— Viswanathan Anand

Nothing excites jaded Grandmasters more than a theoretical novelty

— Dominic Lawson

Among top grandmasters the Dutch is a rare defense, which is good reason to play it! It has not been studied very deeply by…

— Bent Larsen

Today, chess programs have become so good that even grandmasters sometimes struggle to understand the logic behind some of their moves.

— Kenneth Rogoff

There aren't really any 'American' grandmasters that are higher rated than me.

— Hikaru Nakamura

I didn't picture myself as even a grandmaster, to say nothing of aspiring to the chess crown. This was not because I was timid…

— Anatoly Karpov

Nowadays grandmasters no longer study their opponent's games so much, but they study his character, his behaviour and his temperament in the most thorough…

— David Bronstein

“Grandmasters play chess by combining experience with intuition, backed up with calculation and study. Computers play chess by brute calculation; their “study” consists of…

— Garry Kasparov

There's a wide range of sales ability: there are many gradations between novices, experts, and masters. There are even sales grandmasters. If you don't…

— Peter Thiel

Humility is an elusive virtue. The more we pursue it - and the more we seem to acquire it - the more we take…

— Mike Aquilina

If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State.

— Bertrand Russell

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.

— Anwar Sadat