Careers Quote by Pal Benko

While it is a cause for regret that Fischer did not continue to produce scintillating games, he perhaps had a greater impact on chess…

— John Nunn

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

— Savielly Tartakower

His teaching became a turning point in chess history: it was from Steinitz that the era of modern chess began. The contribution of the…

— Garry Kasparov

Psychology is the most important factor in chess.

— Alexander Alekhine

The best chess masters of every epoch have been closely linked with the values of the society in which they lived and worked. All…

— Garry Kasparov

A championship contender in the early twentieth century needed charisma and a knack for cultivating sponsorship, and Rubinstein was the epitome of the shy…

— Garry Kasparov

Chess may be the deepest, least exhaustible of pastimes, but it is nothing more. As for a chess genius, he is a human being…

— George Steiner

Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess a typical…

— Garry Kasparov

Botvinnik was a killer in chess.

— Yuri Averbakh

Fischer Chess play was always razor-sharp, rational and brilliant. One of the best ever

— Dave Regis

By strictly observing Botvinnik's rule regarding the thorough analysis of one's own games, with the years I have come to realize that this provides…

— Garry Kasparov

Fischer was a good kid but very unsophisticated about anything but chess. It was all chess for him, every waking moment. We'd go down…

— Ronald Gross