We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chessplayer's nature — Rudolf Spielmann Copy Share Image
Investing is far more cumulative [than chess]. So long as you're sharp, you can do it for as long as you want. — Patrick Wolff Copy Share Image
Many have become chess masters - no one has become the master of chess. — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
The battle for the ultimate truth will never be won. And that's why chess is so fascinating. — Hans Kmoch Copy Share Image
Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
... though combinations are without number, the number of ideas are limited. — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Copy Share Image
Once I asked Teichman what he thought of Bird's chess: "Same as his health," he replied, "always alternating between being dangerously ill… — William Ewart Napier Copy Share Image
Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
The Kremlin is constantly changing the rules of the game to suit its purposes. We are not playing chess, we're playing roulette. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player. — Savielly Tartakower Copy Share Image
“Grandmasters play chess by combining experience with intuition, backed up with calculation and study. Computers play chess by brute calculation; their “study”… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Like the alchemist of old, for ever searching for the philosopher's stone, the analyst to-day never stops looking for stronger moves to… — Savielly Tartakower Copy Share Image
So chess is kind of this nice thing that I have no real aspiration for. It's just a frivolous thing I can… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
To my way of thinking, Troitzky has no peer among endgame compsers; no one else has composed so many and such varied… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
If there were a 1:1 ratio of women and men in the chess world I would agree that all tournaments should be… — Jennifer Shahade Copy Share Image
...once the cards are dealt we turn them up in turn, and make two piles each, one red, one black; the winner… — G. E. M. Anscombe Copy Share Image
A chess master can keep track of more choices than the number of stars in the galaxy within an instant, but these… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
“They dig holes from time to time,' the Colonel explains. 'It is probably for them what chess is for me. It has… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games. These guys are really the lowest dogs around, and… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Boris Vasilievich was the only top-class player of his generation who played gambits regularly and without fear ... Over a period of… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“By contrast, he said, the Deep Blue supercomputer that beat him at chess in 1996 and 1997 was simply a very fast… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life is like a game of chess. To win you have to make a move. Knowing which move to make comes with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image