I would prefer chess to become part of the Olympic Games. This would also lead to chess become more accepted as a… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
There is no disputing that in the eyes of Schlechter, Teichmann or even Rubinstein, the backward pawn was something more substantial than… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media. — Alexei Shirov Copy Share Image
Capablanca did not apply himself to opening theory (in which he never therefore achieved much), but delved deeply into the study of… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
In positions of strategic manoeuvring (where time is not of decisive importance) seek the worst-placed piece. Activating that piece is often the… — Mark Dvoretsky Copy Share Image
When my opponent's clock is going I discuss general considerations in an internal dialogue with myself. When my own clock is going… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
There's just a lot of really great life lessons that you can take out of chess... I think that's one of my… — Aaron Gordon Copy Share Image
In [chess], where the pieces have different and "bizarre" motions, with various and variable values, what is only complex, is mistaken (a… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Television is like speed chess, as you have no time and no money. It is like trying to play Grandmaster chess with… — Dean Devlin Copy Share Image
Well, I kind of split my life into two pieces. One was where my chess career lies. There, I kept my sanity,… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
A chess problem is genuine mathematics, but it is in some way "trivial" mathematics. However, ingenious and intricate, however original and surprising… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
The great World Champions Morphy, Steinitz, and Lasker were past masters in the art of Pawn play; they had no superiors in… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
You can't overestimate the importance of psychology in chess, and as much as some players try to downplay it, I believe that… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Initially I was very drawn to the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist philosophy. It was helping me deal with the balance of… — Joshua Waitzkin Copy Share Image
When your house is on fire, you cant be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in Chess, if your King… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The temptation is to make… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I started going to chess clubs when I was in fourth grade. From fourth grade to seventh grade, I was in chess… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
Tal's combinations often exert a sort of paralysing influence on the opponent's play. It would seem that the element of surprise plays… — Mark Taimanov Copy Share Image
Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did… — Daniel J. King Copy Share Image
The ability to work hard for days on end without losing focus is a talent. The ability to keep absorbing new information… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Chess is a game where all different sorts of people can come together, not a game in which people are divided because… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
Place the contents of the Chess box in a hat, shake them up vigorously, pour them on the board from a height… — Henry Bird Copy Share Image
Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
If you are serious about being a professional chess player, do know what your parents think and what their expectations are from… — Anish Giri Copy Share Image
When you play against an experienced opponent who exploits all the defensive resources at his command you sometimes have to walk time… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
Las Vegas is a beautiful place. I like it more and more and plan to be here often. It's a great place… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I try to help developing junior chess. When I lived in USSR, I got a lot of free help from very good… — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
And the rigidity of the material with which we have to compose, is a more formidable opponent than Lasker or Capablanca. Because… — Henri Weenink Copy Share Image
What could be more advantageous in an intellectual contest - whether it be chess, bridge, or stock selection - than to have… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
My idea is to make moves to bring chess back to the world's map, to make it part of the world's geography… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Nature supplies the game of chess with its implements; science with its system; art with its aesthetic arrangement of its problems; and… — Peter Weiss Copy Share Image
The middlegame I repeat is chess itself, chess with all its possibilities, its attacks, defences, sacrifices, etc. — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Copy Share Image
The correct way to play chess is to develop each and every piece (chess is a team game!), get your King safely… — Jeremy Silman Copy Share Image
The Pawn move is a capital investment. Every one of the forty-eight should, from the beginning, be spent as if it were… — William Ewart Napier Copy Share Image
Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
“When she moves a chess piece on the board, it isn’t so she can win; it’s to move the game forward. She’s… — Danielle Stewart Copy Share Image
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