I played Chess with him and would have beaten him sometimes only he always took back his last move, and ran the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Being a young parent, you can play cricket, football, and I can play chess with my son. In fact, he plays the… — Ayushmann Khurrana Copy Share Image
There's never before been a Chess player with such a thorough knowledge of the intricacies of the game and such an absolutely… — Lisa Lane Copy Share Image
I believe in magic ... There is magic in the creative faculty such as great poets and philosophers conspicuously possess, and equally… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
I play chess with the computer when I feel dull in my mind and after two games - 'out or win', I… — Ronnie Screwvala Copy Share Image
“...That is my biography from the first day of my chess life to the present. JOURNALIST. And your plans. PLAYER. To play!” — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my… — Michael Birch Copy Share Image
“Alienor glanced across at the girls who were still oblivious of their fate as they sat over their game of chess. They… — Elizabeth Chadwick Copy Share Image
Chess is a very positive way to exercise your mind. It makes you look at the whole picture...what are your options and… — Barney Chavous Copy Share Image
An apocryphal story - the word "apocryphal" here means "obviously untrue" - tells of two people, long ago, who were very bored,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just as the pianist practices the most complicated pieces to improve the technique of his fingers, so too a grandmaster must keep… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
...chess is "a lot like football because you have to set up your offense and your defense, every once in a while… — Priest Holmes Copy Share Image
Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
The most intelligent inspection of any number of fine paintings will not make the observer a painter, nor will listening to a… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
One interesting indication of Capablanca's greatness is that to non-chess players his name was better known than the names of all other… — Fred Reinfeld Copy Share Image
For me, Chess is life and every game is like a new life. Every chess player gets to live many lives in… — Eduard Gufeld Copy Share Image
What I say is, don't go playing unless you can win. Only sit down to chess with idiots, only kick a dog… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you have to… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
The rise of the Soviet school to the summit of world chess is a logical result of socialist cultural development. — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
I am more strongly confirmed than ever in the belief that the time devoted to chess is literally frittered away. — Paul Morphy Copy Share Image
The problem is that nowadays, with so much information flying around, it is almost impossible to remember anything you saw just a… — Peter Leko Copy Share Image
The tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is… — Gerald Abrahams Copy Share Image
For the first lesson, I want you to play over every column of Modern Chess Openings, including the footnotes. And for the… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
You always have to be keeping track, especially in this scenario [ The Hateful Eight], of where everybody is. They're pieces on… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I didn't know so well chess theory, the theory of chess openings. And so, of course I knew the theory, but not… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
“...why did you stick with me?” “That’s easy, Alice,” he said. His amber eyes melted into hers. “It’s the first rule of… — J.M. Sullivan Copy Share Image
If you truly have expertise - and expertise can be say a chess master who has really mastered something or an artist… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
Chess960 is healthy and good for your chess. If you get into it and not just move the pieces to achieve known… — Levon Aronian Copy Share Image
I remember mentioning to friends back in 1938 that the world chess champion would be beaten by a computer in 50 years… — Konrad Zuse Copy Share Image
Chess can open up a kid's brain, and develop it in a playful creative way. They can learn playfully about creative, strategic,… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
I can remember a case where Capablanca worked out an impressive combination, but then chose to make a simple move in answer… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
Nowadays the dynamic element is more important in chess - players more often sacrifice material to obtain dynamic compensation. — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
Teach people to play new chess, right away. Why do you offer them a black and white television set, when there is… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
I have a quite feeling of pity for all those who don't know chess; almost like I am sorry for those who… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I just think we should look at this as a chess match," he said, "between the world's greatest chess player and Garry… — Lou Gerstner Copy Share Image
Think of golf as chess. You have to think two or three moves ahead every time you hit the ball. Over every… — Gary McCord Copy Share Image
You have, let us say, a promising politician, a rising artist that you wish to destroy. Dagger or bomb are archaic, clumsy… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Next to the intellectual stimulation of chess, the educational value is of great importance. Chess teaches logic, imagination, self-discipline, and determination. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image