Quotes by Viktor Korchnoi

At one point, after having already become a Grandmaster and champion of the USSR,I suddenly realized that I am heading for a dead end... I had to start everything over. But how hard and agonizing it is when you're no longer 16, but twice that age!
– Viktor Korchnoi
Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.
– Viktor Korchnoi
I don't study; I create.
– 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