"Chess players, people who travel all over the……" — Viktor Korchnoi
"Chess players, people who travel all over the world, should be trusted or else not sent anywhere at all. Why are these four people (Antoshion and three other official 'minders') sent along to supervise us? With their meagre experience, all that thay did was interfere, more than ever before. And when they were needed, they weren't to be found ..."
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15 Quotes by Viktor Korchnoi
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No Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness
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Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his…
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The only positive contribution to chess from Fischer in the last 20 years.
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Skeletons of mice are often to be found in coconuts, for it is easier to get in, slim and greedy,…
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The aim was simple: to deprive Karpov of his favourite occupation - standing at the board, staring straight at his…
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Sometimes I even say that I have surpassed Lasker in using psychology. How? Well, sometimes I use psychology with a…
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All obvious moves look dubious in analysis after the game.
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The whole life with a wife is like an end game with two bishops of different colors.
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The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won…
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Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.
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As a rule, the more mistakes there are in a game, the more memorable it remains, because you have suffered…
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It is unpleasant for the players, when the organizers arrange for play to take place in the morning. The games…
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