The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.

[Garry] Kasparov and [Anatoly] Karpov have something in common. They both want to become deputies of the Russian State Duma.

Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.

No Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness

The aim was simple: to deprive Karpov of his favourite occupation - standing at the board, staring straight at his opponent. While I was wearing these glasses, all he could admire was his own reflection.

Chess you don't learn, chess you understand.

The whole life with a wife is like an end game with two bishops of different colors.