Challenges Quote by Alejandro Ramirez

Look at the catastrophic record Vishy Anand has against Garry Kasparov. Kasparov managed to beat him almost everywhere they played, even though Vishy Anand…

— Vladimir Kramnik

Lasker thought that his rationalism rendered him immune from the surprises of chess theory.

— Savielly Tartakower

Furman astounded me with his chess depth, a depth which he revealed easily and naturally, as if all he were doing was establishing well-known…

— Anatoly Karpov

There is no doubt that Bronstein's shrewd understanding of chess psychology was crucial to his success. Without it, his impetuous style and technical flaws…

— Pal Benko

Fischer Chess play was always razor-sharp, rational and brilliant. One of the best ever

— Dave Regis

“Clearly, sports were another thing Adam Carlsen excelled at—unfairly so.”

— Ali Hazelwood

I was still too weak to understand his chess ideas at that time but I remember being covered in smoke.

— Alexei Shirov

“had explicitly been concerned to treat mathematics as if it were a chess game, without asking for a connection with the world. That question…

— Andrew Hodges

Alekhine evidently possesses the most remarkable chess memory that has ever existed. It is said that he remembers by heart all the games played…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

His teaching became a turning point in chess history: it was from Steinitz that the era of modern chess began. The contribution of the…

— Garry Kasparov

Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess a typical…

— Garry Kasparov