Viktor Korchnoi

Sometimes I even say that I have surpassed Lasker in using psychology. How? Well, sometimes I use psychology with a portion of…

— Viktor Korchnoi

No Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness

— Viktor Korchnoi

Chess you don't learn, chess you understand.

— Viktor Korchnoi

[Garry] Kasparov and [Anatoly] Karpov have something in common. They both want to become deputies of the Russian State Duma.

— Viktor Korchnoi

The whole life with a wife is like an end game with two bishops of different colors.

— Viktor Korchnoi

The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.

— Viktor Korchnoi

I don't study; I create.

— Viktor Korchnoi

Skeletons of mice are often to be found in coconuts, for it is easier to get in, slim and greedy, than to…

— Viktor Korchnoi

Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.

— Viktor Korchnoi

The aim was simple: to deprive Karpov of his favourite occupation - standing at the board, staring straight at his opponent. While…

— Viktor Korchnoi

As a rule, the more mistakes there are in a game, the more memorable it remains, because you have suffered and worried…

— Viktor Korchnoi

Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his nerves, and…

— Viktor Korchnoi

It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against…

— Viktor Korchnoi

All obvious moves look dubious in analysis after the game.

— Viktor Korchnoi

Chess players, people who travel all over the world, should be trusted or else not sent anywhere at all. Why are these…

— Viktor Korchnoi

It is unpleasant for the players, when the organizers arrange for play to take place in the morning. The games from such…

— Viktor Korchnoi

The only positive contribution to chess from Fischer in the last 20 years.

— Viktor Korchnoi