To have a knight planted in your game at K6 is worse than a rusty nail in your knee. — Efim Bogoljubov Copy Share Image
In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
Fischer, the great American chess champion, famously said, 'Chess is life.' I would say, 'Pi is life.' — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
Of chess it has often been said that life is not long enough for it - but that is the fault of… — William Ewart Napier Copy Share Image
Campo, as everyone in chess recognized, had a 2600 rating as a politician. — Raymond Keene Copy Share Image
People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
For a game it is too serious, for seriousness too much of a game. — Moses Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
A grandmaster must memorize thousands of chess duels in his head, as these are for him what words of the mother tongue… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
Loss generally occurs when a player overrates his advantage or for other reasons seeks to derive from a minute advantage a great… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
“Our parting was like a stalemate…. Neither of us won. Yet both of us lost. And worse still … that unshakable feeling… — Ranata Suzuki Copy Share Image
Like a good chess player, Satan is always trying to maneuver you into a position where you can save your castle only… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The boy (then a 12 year old boy named Anatoly Karpov)doesn't have a clue about Chess, and there's no future at all… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
What was great about Fischer is that when he became world champion is that chess was being covered everywhere. It was in… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
I was reasonably interested in mathematics in school. Typically what happens is... when you start playing chess, it takes up a lot… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
I believe that, not only in chess, but in life in general, people place too much stock in ratings – they pay… — Boris Gelfand Copy Share Image
For me, MMA is like speed chess. It's like I'm herding a person into a certain position. Say my endgame is an… — Ronda Rousey Copy Share Image
When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
There are no hopeless positions; there are only inferior positions that can be saved. There are no drawn positions; there are only… — Grigory Sanakoev Copy Share Image
It's important, according to me, to train in small doses so as to not lose the joy of playing chess. I personally… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head--no intricate game… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
“I’m not forcing you to do anything. You need to make your own damn decisions . And I'm not playing this game… — Marilyn Grey Copy Share Image
Chess is a competition. Checkers is a competition. Mostly, I'm interested in doing real sports. — John Skipper Copy Share Image
“And he calls it playing? Like, whatever happened to chess? Or cards? Or tag?” — Cherise Sinclair Copy Share Image
A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover. — Savielly Tartakower Copy Share Image
A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending! — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
I hope 'Chess' will hit the big screen. It seems a natural to me. Good venues, tunes, and politics. — Tim Rice Copy Share Image
The main Objective of any operation in an open file is the eventual Occupation of the seventh or eighth Rank. — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
What we need are lots of girls who aren't as good as us, who'll treat us with the proper respect and reverance. — David Norwood Copy Share Image
Computers have proved to be formidable chess players. In fact, they've beaten our top human chess champions. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
