Cheating Quote by Jose Raul Capablanca

There was open collusion between the Russian players. They agreed ahead of time to draw the games they played against each other. Every time…

— Bobby Fischer

Now that the Cold War is over with, it's kind of hard to take the Soviet Union seriously. We won, period. We ran them…

— John Mearsheimer

In those years, it was easier to win the Soviet Championship than a game against 'Iron Tigran'.

— Lev Polugaevsky

In so-called communist Romania, chess was held in high esteem, even if our champions were weaker than the Soviets. This game, this "sport of…

— Dumitru Tepeneag

The enemies of the Soviet state calculate that the heavy loss we have borne will lead to disorder and confusion in our ranks. But…

— Lavrentiy Beria

I love the game - and I hate the Russians because they've almost ruined it. They only risk the title when they have to,…

— Bobby Fischer

So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or…

— Ralph Boston

The system set up by F.I.D.E. ... Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion... The Russians arranged it that way.

— Bobby Fischer

A Soviet diplomat, like a skilled chess player, does not expect his opposite number to give up something for nothing, not even a pawn.

— Arthur Dean

I guess the prime example is in North America there's a thing where if there's no opportunity to move forward with the puck, then…

— Gabe Polsky

One thing with Garry, and I think it is due in a large part to his Soviet training, he'll never quite understand that you…

— Hikaru Nakamura

Botvinnik was a killer in chess.

— Yuri Averbakh