Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his nerves, and at the same time he must be perfectly com…

- Viktor Korchnoi

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

- Viktor Korchnoi

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

- 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 thr…

- Viktor Korchnoi

Skeletons of mice are often to be found in coconuts, for it is easier to get in, slim and greedy, than to get out, appeased but fat.

- Viktor Korchnoi

It is unpleasant for the players, when the organizers arrange for play to take place in the morning. The games from such last rounds, in view of the …

- Viktor Korchnoi

It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock.

- Viktor Korchnoi

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

- Viktor Korchnoi

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 somethin…

- Viktor Korchnoi