Chess players, people who travel all over the world, should be trusted or else not sent anywhere at all. Why are these four people (Antoshion and three other official 'minders') sent along to supervise us? With their meagre experience, all… — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
Sometimes I even say that I have surpassed Lasker in using psychology. How? Well, sometimes I use psychology with a portion of risk. That… — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
No Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
[Garry] Kasparov and [Anatoly] Karpov have something in common. They both want to become deputies of the Russian State Duma. — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
The whole life with a wife is like an end game with two bishops of different colors. — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost. — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
Skeletons of mice are often to be found in coconuts, for it is easier to get in, slim and greedy, than to get out,… — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess. — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
The aim was simple: to deprive Karpov of his favourite occupation - standing at the board, staring straight at his opponent. While I was… — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
As a rule, the more mistakes there are in a game, the more memorable it remains, because you have suffered and worried over each… — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his nerves, and at the… — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image