Morphy gained most of his wins by playing directly and simply, and it is simple and logical method that constitutes the true… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess,… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
If one would cancel all traffic rules and switch off all traffic lights, watching city traffic on TV would be also awfully… — Oleg Romanishin Copy Share Image
Seville never had a rich chess tradition. Valencia is entirely different, it is enough to say that one of the city squares… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and… — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Copy Share Image
If you study the classic examples of endgame play you will see how the king was brought up as soon as possible… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
I do a mind game every day. I play chess, sudoku. I learn something different: a language, a few words of a… — John Layfield Copy Share Image
I think the draw quotient has always been high in world championship matches because the amount of effort people put into neutralizing… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
There is a part of me that will forever want to be walking under autumn leaves, carrying a briefcase containing the works… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It's very important not to put pressure on a child. Make sure that she/he feels that whatever happens it's not the end… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
Ironically, the main task of chess software companies today is to find ways to make the program weaker, not stronger, and to… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The chess world is obligated to organize a match between the champion of the world and the winner of this Carlsbad tournament… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
The life of a chess master is much more difficult than that of an artist - much more depressing. An artist knows… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
I can’t count the times I have lagged seemingly hopelessly far behind, and nobody except myself thinks I can win. But I… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
Until computers and robots make quantum advances, they basically remain adding machines: capable only of doing things in which all the variables… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Muscular dystrophy ... was never seen until Duchenne described it in the 1850s. By 1860, after his original description, many hundreds of… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
Chess programs are our enemies, they destroy the romance of chess. They take away the beauty of the game. Everything can be… — Levon Aronian Copy Share Image
It so often happens that, after sacrificing a pawn, a player aims not to obtain the initiative for it, but to regain… — Efim Geller Copy Share Image
Barcza is the most versatile player in the opening. He sometimes plays P-KKt3 on the first, sometimes on the second, sometimes on… — Harry Golombek Copy Share Image
“I have just spent the better part of a week sorting out the miasma of lunatic alibis known as your correspondence in… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share Image
“Who the hell let you animals into my office? I'll have you know I was playing a VERY unimportant game of chess… — Matt Fraction Copy Share Image
Making a movie is like a chess game. It's about constantly changing patterns, adapting to new things. It's not just black and… — Tom Cruise Copy Share Image
If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against… — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
“Now mayhap you quit givin Terrible the fuckin slurpy-eyes an give Bump the listening, yay? Thinkin you can? Gots some fuckin chattering… — Stacia Kane Copy Share Image
After a bad opening, there is hope for the middle game. After a bad middle game, there is hope for the endgame.… — Edmar Mednis Copy Share Image
“And let's remember that science isn't a game of chess, although chess may be played scientifically. The other thing to remember is… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
A powerful studio boss doesn't want to be bested by a woman, even in chess. And a successful agent steps on a… — Sue Mengers Copy Share Image
The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God,… — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
I'll always take Scrabble and chess if I'm going filming. But I do have the Scrabble dictionary, which can be infuriating for… — Saffron Burrows Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of the book variations have no great value, because either they contain mistakes or they are based on fallacious assumptions;… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
We've seen computers play chess and beat grand masters. We've seen computers drive a car across a desert. But interestingly, playing chess… — Hod Lipson Copy Share Image
I would certainly end up forever crying the blues into a coffee cup in a park for old men playing chess or… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Memorization of variations could be even worse than playing in a tournament without looking in the books at all. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
I find the game mentally challenging and really enjoy the chess match that occurs every week between the offense and the opposing… — Ryan Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to… — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
... I bid farewell to my readers in the hope that they have formed their own opinion as to the meaning of… — Raymond Keene Copy Share Image
Chess can help a child develop logical thinking, decision making, reasoning, and pattern recognition skills, which in turn can help math and… — Susan Polgar Copy Share Image
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