24 Quotes by Viktor Korchnoi

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

Chess you don’t learn, chess you understand.

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

Sometimes I even say that I have surpassed Lasker in using psychology. How? Well, sometimes I use psychology with a portion of risk. That is something else, something that Lasker wouldn’t allow.

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.

I don’t study; I create.