Two Bishops Quotes by Viktor Korchnoi

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• No Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness
• Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his nerves, and…
• The only positive contribution to chess from Fischer in the last 20 years.
• Skeletons of mice are often to be found in coconuts, for it is easier to get in, slim and greedy, than to…
• The aim was simple: to deprive Karpov of his favourite occupation - standing at the board, staring straight at his opponent. While…
• Sometimes I even say that I have surpassed Lasker in using psychology. How? Well, sometimes I use psychology with a portion of…
• All obvious moves look dubious in analysis after the game.
• The whole life with a wife is like an end game with two bishops of different colors.
• The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.
• Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.
• As a rule, the more mistakes there are in a game, the more memorable it remains, because you have suffered and worried…
• It is unpleasant for the players, when the organizers arrange for play to take place in the morning. The games from such…

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