Being one of the lucky ones I shouldn't be complaining, but for the chess world in general it would be good to… — Anish Giri Copy Share Image
Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center,… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
“She has gathered that the man in the grey suit whom her father called Alexander also has a student, and there will… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
By strictly observing Botvinnik's rule regarding the thorough analysis of one's own games, with the years I have come to realize that… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I may play some exhibition games so I don't want to quit the game of chess completely. I just decided and it's… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Intellectual activity is perhaps the greatest pleasure of life; chess is one of the forms of intellectual activity. — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he… — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless… — Adolf Anderssen Copy Share Image
You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Often you will find the opposite situation. The author seems to have interesting ideas, but he is not able to illustrate them… — Mark Dvoretsky Copy Share Image
Instead of critics reviewing my movies, now what they're really doing is trying to match wits with me. Every time they review… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
The literary game is the abyss of human society itself: interactive, playful and tragic. We can't live alone. For me, Robinson [Crusoe]… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
“I've been in prison, you see. Only three weeks, and only on remand,but when you've had to play chess twice a day… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
The days when it was possible to win a serious game only by merit of sporting character or depth of chess understanding… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Show me three variations in the leading handbook on the openings, and I will show you two of those three that are… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The strategies of offense and defense are very similar between chess and football. Chess really brought closeness to the team back in… — Rubin Carter Copy Share Image
Americans really don't know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Drama is played at the pace of chess... or billiards... or poker. Engrossing? Sure. But comedy is played at the jubilant, high-octane… — Mark Waters Copy Share Image
Failing to open the center at the right moment - a common error by White in the Exchange Lopez - can allow… — Andrew Soltis Copy Share Image
He played with enormous energy and great fighting spirit. Offering him a draw was a waste of time. He would decline it… — Lubomir Kavalek Copy Share Image
The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The process of making pieces in Chess do something useful (whatever it may be) has received a special name: it is called… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The Olympic Charter says winter sports must be played on snow or ice, so the Chess Federation says they'll play with ice… — Peter Sagal Copy Share Image
The range of circumstances in which it is possible to presuppose the presence of a combination is very limited. The presence of… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The game of chess. Supposedly men made it up, and it's about war and men and the ravages and the bravery and… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
In a rook and pawn ending, the rook must be used aggressively. It must either attack enemy pawns, or give active support… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
Skill at helping people grow spiritually, like skill at playing chess, depends on understanding and valuing differences. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I was labeled as a tricky player early on and have been regarded as tricky throughout my whole career. It was said… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
You know, comrade Pachman, I don't enjoy being a Minister, I would rather play chess like you, or make a revolution in… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
In chess, you have to bring all the pieces into the game. It is about development. In writing, you have to develop… — Gza Copy Share Image
“Life is short, precious, and should not be wasted. Everyone has a chance at it. We’re equals after all. There are no… — Cristelle Comby Copy Share Image
If you are going to make your mark among masters, you have to work far harder and more intensively, or, to put… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Despite the documented evidence by chess historian HJR Murray, I've always thought that chess was invented by a goddess — George Koltanowski Copy Share Image
In chess, everyone's accepted. That's what's great about it. You can be a little bit different. You can be an oddball. — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
Ralph... would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a… — William Golding Copy Share Image
Nowadays, a 13-year-old would probably know more than Bobby Fischer knew when he retired. They analyse all the moves and prepare themselves… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development. — Alexey Suetin Copy Share Image
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