I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
Fighting for me is a chess game. I'm not angry with my opponent. I just want to go in there and win. — Demian Maia Copy Share Image
Tournament chess is not relaxing. It's stressful, even if you win. — Jennifer Shahade Copy Share Image
I barely know what my plans are for tomorrow, but I hope chess will remain a major part of my life. — Anish Giri Copy Share Image
An innovation need not be especially ingenious, but it must be well worked out. — Paul Keres Copy Share Image
If chess is a vast jungle, computers are the chainsaws in a giant environmentally insensitive logging company. — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
I think for me the main goal that I have, or at least what I really aspire to, is to raise the… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to say, the… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help… — Charles Buxton Copy Share Image
The shortcoming of hanging pawns is that they present a convenient target for attack. As the exchange of men proceeds, their potential… — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
Most chess players know, thanks to the study of master games, that two bishops are stronger than two knights or than bishop… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
“Like most conversations and most chess games, we all start off the same and we all end the same, with a brief… — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
“If chess is about the decisive battle, wei qi is about the protracted campaign. The chess player aims for total victory. The… — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games. — Pal Benko Copy Share Image
Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I object to being called a chess genius, because I consider myself to be an all around genius, who just happens to… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
[Vladimir] Putin is more of a poker player. In poker, unlike chess, you can effectively compensate for a very weak hand by… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
When humans team up with computers to play chess, the humans who do best are not necessarily the strongest players. They're the… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
I address these hopes to all young players. It seems to me that they often begin too early the strict life of… — Sergei Shipov Copy Share Image
In chess, you gotta come up with a strategy. I made a lot of plans in my life. 'I'ma do this, I'ma… — Tee Grizzley Copy Share Image
The main thing that develops positional judgement, that perfects it and makes it many-sided, is detailed analytical work, sensible tournament practice, a… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
“Do you play tennis, Senator?" "Now and then," he said with a ghost of a smile. He didn't add he'd lettered i… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“In chess we have the obligation to move; there is no option to skip a turn if you can’t identify a direction… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
![“[Vladimir] Putin is more of a poker player. In poker, unlike chess, you can effectively compensate for a very weak hand by bluffing. There are fixed rules in chess, and no one knows how the game will end. Things are currently the other way around in Putin's realm. But it won't stay that way forever.” quote by Garry Kasparov](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/26d/garry-kasparov-910_chess_vladimir-putin-is-more-of-a-poker-player_1340421.png)
