Agree Quote by Arpad Elo

I believe that, not only in chess, but in life in general, people place too much stock in ratings – they pay attention to…

— Boris Gelfand

Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

— Magnus Carlsen

The world championship is a disputed title. You've got a situation like boxing. Speaking as a member of the chess world, it's extremely undignified.

— Yasser Seirawan

On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But I think…

— Boris Spassky

Chess, which exists predominantly in two dimensions, is one of the world's most difficult games. Three-dimensional chess is an invitation to insanity. But human…

— Robert Grudin

They are definitely pros and cons to triple threat matches. The cons to them is obviously coming up wth something very original and making…

— Adam Cole

Opinions on performances are always welcome, there is no issue with that, it's part of the game.

— Alex Greenwood

Rating systems work perfectly for players who play only in round robin closed events. I think most of them are overrated. Organizers invite same…

— Alexander Khalifman

Chess is, above all, a fight.

— Emanuel Lasker

I claim that nothing else is so effective in encouraging the growth of chess strength as such independent analysis, both of the games of…

— Mikhail Botvinnik

Chess strength in general and chess strength in a specific match are by no means one and the same thing.

— Garry Kasparov

In any match, there are few critical moments where there's no second best decision. The rest of the moves are intuitive.

— Viswanathan Anand