It is peculiar but a fact nevertheless, that the gamblers in chess have enthusiastic followers.

Every great master will find it useful to have his own theory on the openings, which only he himself knows, a theory which is closely linked with plans for the middle game.

A knight ending is really a pawn ending.

In short, we can see Karpov as an exploiter of other people’s ideas. His ability to use these ideas is not at issue, but he himself is about as fertile as a woman who has been sterilized is.

Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists

Chess is a part of culture and if a culture is declining then Chess too will decline

If Tal sacrifices a piece, take it. If Petrosian sacrifices a piece, don't take it.