“If God wanted humans to play chess, he would have made us black or white.” — Zenna Henderson Copy Share Image
Only a good bishop can be sacrificed, a bad bishop can only be lost. — Yuri Razuvaev Copy Share Image
Common sense does not ask an impossible chessboard, but takes the one before it and plays the game. — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
“It was like trying to make a move at chess when you were already mated.” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
My love of dynamic complications often led me to avoid simplicity when perhaps it was the wisest choice. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings. — Paul Keres Copy Share Image
Bobby is the most misunderstood, misquoted celebrity walking the face of this earth — Yasser Seirawan Copy Share Image
Chess reflects the real world in miniature. Endeavor, struggle, success, and defeat - they are part of each game ever played. — Bruce Pandolfini Copy Share Image
If we are running sprints, I want to beat everybody by 10 yards. If we are playing checkers, I want to win:… — Davis Webb Copy Share Image
Because of the level of my chess game, I was able - even against a weak opponent, such as my younger brothers… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
It is unjust, and sometimes very untrue, though it is a common theory, to hold that it is sacrifices which make the… — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Copy Share Image
Well, I think, in large part, when I first began playing chess at seven years old, I was quite bad at it.… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
“Because of all the things I've experienced on this journey - shrinking and growing, flying sprites, living chess pieces - not a… — A.G. Howard Copy Share Image
You all know that each title in the Chronicles has a chess theme; that's partly because of the overall design of the… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
“They seemed to shine together at the center of things. They made things theirs. A certain bench in the park, near the… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
American democracy is a chess-game in which pawns imagine themselves to be free individuals with wills of their own: that delusion is… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
By the time a player becomes a Grandmaster, almost all of his training time is dedicated to work on this first phase.… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The majority of people imagine a chess master as being a townsman who passes his life in an atmosphere of smoke and… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
The truth is that throughout my careers in both chess and the martial arts, I often knew that my rivals were more… — Joshua Waitzkin Copy Share Image
I looked upon a clock to find the truth. The hours were passing like ivory chess figures, striking piano notes, and the… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“The world is one unending chess match, my dear, and I am the one playing it how I please. I poke and… — J.S. Bailey Copy Share Image
Little boys are still playing the game [baseball], more little girls are playing, and it is still the world's most interesting game,… — Robert Lipsyte Copy Share Image
He hated games they made the world look too simple. Chess, in particular, had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Fischer, who may or may not be mad as a hatter, has every right to be horrified — Jeremy Silman Copy Share Image
The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself. — Savielly Tartakower Copy Share Image
Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways. — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Life is like playing chess with God. Your moves are called CHOICE and His moves are called CHALLENGES — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Chess is a part of culture and if a culture is declining then Chess too will decline — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
It's turns out to be much easier to simulate a grandmaster chess player than it is to simulate a 2-year-old. — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
“In their figurative game of chess, Anthony Rawlings had Claire in check. Every move she made, he countered.” — Aleatha Romig Copy Share Image
It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king. — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
I have frequently stated that I regard chess as an art form, where creativity prevails over other factors. — Vasily Smyslov Copy Share Image
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