Astounded Quote by Anatoly Karpov

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

— Savielly Tartakower

... Tarrasch's 'dogmas' are not eternal truisms, but merely instructional material presented in an accessible and witty form, those necessary rudiments from which one…

— Garry Kasparov

The way he plays Chess demonstrates a man's whole nature

— Stanley Ellin

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

— Alexei Shirov

The best indicator of a Chess Player's form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game.

— Boris Spassky

Analysis, if it is really carried out with a complete concentration of his powers, forms and completes a chess player.

— Lev Polugaevsky

Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.

— Vasily Smyslov

In conclusion, if you want to unravel the multitude of secrets of chess then don't begrudge the time.

— Garry Kasparov

“We are men who find chess fascinating. Did you expect our lives to be secretly interesting?”

— Noah Boyd

“While reading Kasparov’s book How Life Imitates Chess on my Kindle, I idly clicked on “popular highlights” to see what passages other readers had…

— Clive Thompson

I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.

— Magnus Carlsen

Coaching secrets? I don't think I got any. The main "secret" - love for chess.

— Ashot Nadanian