“It was like playing checkers, only to learn that your opponent was playing chess all along.” — Barry Lyga Copy Share Image
“Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent's mind.” — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Drawn games are sometimes more scintillating than any conclusive contest. — Savielly Tartakower Copy Share Image
I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
“In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won.” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
We want more women players to take up chess. There are few participants at the national level and hope it will grow. — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
The truth is that my chess development was nothing out of the ordinary, and it proceeded probably at a pace no faster… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Spending most of my time on chess there is not much else I can be much good at but I enjoy spending… — Anish Giri Copy Share Image
You bring to chess facets of your personality and what you are. I have interests other than chess, like music and world… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
The consumer game is tougher than pro football and more conniving than chess. One side [industry] invents the rules and the other… — Betty Furness Copy Share Image
There are two classes of men; those who are content to yield to circumstances and who play whist; those who aim to… — Mortimer Collins Copy Share Image
I really chess-play culture shifts. I'm really good at understanding what worldwide cell-phone use means. That's what I do. I try to… — Gary Vaynerchuk Copy Share Image
My job is to play chess, the game that I love. I achieve what I can in chess. That is what I… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
I guess it's hard, being apart all the time." "It really is. If Lucas were still here, everything would be different." Vic's… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
For me, chess is at the same time a game, a sport, a science and an art. And perhaps even more than… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
Here and there in the ancient literature we encounter legends of wise and mysterious games that were conceived and played by scholars,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Chess is far too complex to be definitively solved with any technology we can conceive of today. However, our looked-down-upon cousin, checkers,… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights. 'White to… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Rather than opera, football is more like ballet or a chess game. You can really see it in a team like Arsenal,… — Marcus du Sautoy Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I was as socially outcast as any nerd could possibly be. I was in the chess club,… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image