The loss of my childhood was the price for becoming the youngest world champion in history. When you have to fight every day from a young age, your soul can be contaminated. I lost my childhood. I never really had it. I have to be careful not to become cruel, because I became a soldier too early. - Garry Kasparov
Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents. - Aaron Nimzowitsch
Young players expose themselves to grave risks when they blindly imitate the innovations of masters without themselves first checking all the details and consequences of these innovations. - Alexander Alekhine
It is a delight to watch a young and gifted chess player. To him have come no sinister experiences; to him continual carping care is foreign. Therefore he loves the attack and the bold sacrifice; for theirin lies the shortest way to his ultimate objective. - Richard Reti
Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience. - Samuel Reshevsky
… Today many players, especially young ones, think that the older openings are so thoroughly analysed that nothing more can be tried. This is a serious mistake. The methods of positional play become deeper and finer each year. Being well acquainted with them it is possible even in openings which seem to be fully explored to find ways to create a real fight. - Tigran Petrosian
It is easy to play against the young players, for me they are like an open book. - Tigran Petrosian
I would wish to stress to young people ( the old are either saints, or already dead ) that chess need not be a safe exit from memorized opening to scientific endgame ( middlegame murdered ). Chess can be alive always and rewarding ! - Tony Santasiere
Nowadays, when you're not a grandmaster at 14, you can forget about it. - Viswanathan Anand