Chess Quotes · Page 24

FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title.

— Bobby Fischer

When I have White, I win because I am white; When I have Black, I win because I am Bogolyubov

— Nikolay Bogolyubov

The Nanjing games are homework by Garry Kasparov and me, [...] Today's game was provided by Garry.

— Magnus Carlsen

Wilhelm Steinitz was the first man to appreciate the inherent logic behind the game of chess.

— William Hartston

I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.

— Magnus Carlsen

In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness.

— Savielly Tartakower

A draw can be obtained not only by repeating moves, but also by one weak move.

— Savielly Tartakower

Life is very much about making the best decisions you can. So I think chess is very valuable.

— Hikaru Nakamura

One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people -…

— Magnus Carlsen

The process of rating players can be compared to the measurement of the position of a cork bobbing up and down on…

— Arpad Elo

Lovely Saying Love is lyk a Boy Playing Carrom, Always Afraid of losing His QUEEN A Girl Playing Chess, Risking everything Just…

— ZhatsPrincess

Regardless of Bobby's recent hate-filled rantings, which I abhor, he is nonetheless one of the greatest chessplayers of all time.

— Frank Brady

Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.

— Magnus Carlsen

Fighting Manny Pacquiao is like playing a very fast game of chess. He was very fast and sharp. You have to be…

— Jessie Vargas

Professional players work almost every day, for hours on end, and the emphasis is on the word 'work.' It can be with…

— Viswanathan Anand

Being in the military just lets you know how helpless you are. You could train forever but you're still at the mercy…

— Ice T

Like Dvoretsky, I think that (all other things being equal), the analytical method of studying chess must give you a colossal advantage…

— Garry Kasparov

If your opponent has an exposed king it is frequently worth sacrificing a pawn to be able to bring your rooks into…

— Neil McDonald

Inexperienced players have a fear of this piece, which seems to them enigmatic, mysterious, and astonishing in its power. We must admit…

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

Miss Vesper Holly has the digestive talents of a goat and the mind of a chess master. She is familiar with half…

— Lloyd Alexander

Capablanca plays very superficially sometimes, in a way that can only be ascribed to lack of concentration. This is an integral weakness…

— Max Euwe

The life of a chess master is much more difficult than that of an artist - much more depressing. An artist knows…

— Marcel Duchamp

I can’t count the times I have lagged seemingly hopelessly far behind, and nobody except myself thinks I can win. But I…

— Magnus Carlsen

Until computers and robots make quantum advances, they basically remain adding machines: capable only of doing things in which all the variables…

— Michio Kaku

Coaching secrets? I don't think I got any. The main "secret" - love for chess.

— Ashot Nadanian

My favourite victory is when it is not even clear where my opponent made a mistake.

— Peter Leko

As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine.

— Levon Aronian

Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa.

— Henri Poincare

Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess.

— Adrian Rogers

You know I'm finished with the old chess because it's all just a lot of book and memorization you know.

— Bobby Fischer

Tal doesn't move the pieces by hand; he uses a magic wand.

— Viacheslav Ragozin

Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

Every month I look through some ten thousand games, so not as to miss any new ideas and trends.

— Vladimir Kramnik

In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.

— Vasily Smyslov

A 10,000m race is like a chess game and you are watching, wondering what's going on and what's going to happen.

— Colin Jackson

Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts.

— A. A. Milne

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.

— Alexander Alekhine

“I want to be an aggressive player;One who always find joy in every move.”

— Kenneth de Guzman

In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors.

— Aron Nimzowitsch

Drawing general conclusions about your main weaknesses can provide a great stimulus to further growth.

— Alexander Kotov