The world championship is a disputed title. You've got a situation like boxing. Speaking as a member of the chess world, it's… — Yasser Seirawan Copy Share Image
Al Sharpton is not important. He's nothing more than a black pawn in a very sophisticated white economic chess game. — Byron Allen Copy Share Image
A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult,… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
My five-year-old, before the quarantine, joined a chess class in our neighborhood in Brooklyn, and my husband was learning to play so… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense. — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
Never Be Proud, For What You Are And The Position You Hold, Because After A Game Of Chess, The Kings And The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If chess has any relationship to film-making, it would be in the way it helps you develop patience and discipline in choosing… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
I think death is the aesthetic part of chess, seeing your opponent's army fall. Producing a sacrifice in order to mate is… — Daniel Naroditsky Copy Share Image
Chess holds deep wisdoms of the people. It is truly an image of life, the reflection of human fate that has shown… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
Obviously, in football you can study somebody, but at the same time, once you get out there, I think there's just a… — Kyler Murray Copy Share Image
There is then no analogy whatever between the operations of the Chess-Player, and those of the calculating machine of Mr. Babbage ,… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Reductio ad absurdum, which Euclid loved so much, is one of a mathematician's finest weapons. It is a far finer gambit than… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Carlsen came with a line that was not very theoretical, trying to challenge the World Champion to play chess. [...] But Anand… — Alejandro Ramirez Copy Share Image
I'm not much of a chess player, but there is an aspect of the game that I find fascinating. After a while,… — Hannu Rajaniemi Copy Share Image
During terms, Professor Marsden lives in Cambridge with his wife, chess player extraordinaire and distinguished physician and surgeon Bryony Asquith Marsden. His… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
Playing black, I put great stake in the Ruy Lopez: I liked it, feel it, and understand it; in matches with Hjartarson… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Those chess lovers who ask me how many moves I usually calculate in advance, when making a combination, are always astonished when… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
It would be as naive to study the song of the nightingale, as it would be ridiculous to try and win a… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
I don't know how many calories an average chess player burns per game, but it often exceeds that of a player in… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
When men lose against me, they always have a headache ... or things of that kind. I have never beaten a completely… — Susan Polgar Copy Share Image
I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also… — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
Genius is a starry word; but if there ever was a chess player to whom that attribute applied, it was Paul Morphy. — Andrew Soltis Copy Share Image
Lack of proper endgame technique allows many players to escape from lost positions, even without any spectacular play on their part. — Leonid Shamkovich Copy Share Image
This game the Persian Magi did invent, The force of Eastern wisdom to express: From thence to busy Europeans sent, And styled… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
The Chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chessboard, express… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
Today, chess programs have become so good that even grandmasters sometimes struggle to understand the logic behind some of their moves. — Kenneth Rogoff Copy Share Image
Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful,… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
It is very difficult to play a single blitz game! You want to play for a long time. So I tend not… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning… — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
In my view, the fact that computers caught up to humans and completely dominate humans in chess and some other domains already,… — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
When I was born, I lived with my dad for two years. I was always watching him on a tennis court as… — Redfoo Copy Share Image
Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Chess is not Mathematics, where ten is always more than one; in chess the King with a pawn can beat opponent's King… — Ashot Nadanian Copy Share Image
Playing chess has many aspects that can be useful in everyday situations like planning, concentration and combinations. You learn to win but… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
The business of the endgame is maneuvring to control critical squares, advancing or blockading passed pawns, preparing a breakthrough by the king,… — Pal Benko Copy Share Image
Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
I tend not to dwell on the parallels between chess and business, chess and the martial arts, or any two things for… — Joshua Waitzkin Copy Share Image
To take charge of destiny means to play a very convoluted chess game on multiple levels of consciousness and existence. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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