Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world… — Viswanathan Anand 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
Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC… — Eric Allin Cornell Copy Share Image
It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions. It… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
For young players, their minds are not overloaded. I am 54 with four kids and I do many other things. Even if… — Garry Kasparov 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
All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure… — Bent Larsen 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
I think I can safely conclude that there is not a lot to be said for playing chess while on Valium. — Tony Miles Copy Share Image
My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
The placing of the centre pawns determines the "topography" of a game of chess. — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of… — Paul Morphy Copy Share Image
People have been playing against me below their strength for fifteen years. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
I guess it's hard, being apart all the time." "It really is. If Lucas were still here, everything would be different." Vic's… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
First and foremost it is essential to understand the essence, the overall idea of any fashionable variation, and only then include it… — Lev Polugaevsky Copy Share Image
Play out a boring game to the end and funny things can happen; Fischer knew it. — Hans Ree Copy Share Image
“You may not see every single piece of the puzzle that creates your life — you may not see every move the… — Rachel Van Dyken Copy Share Image
I have always disliked the fierce competitive spirit embodied in that highly intellectual game. — Albert Einstein 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
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
In chess it is more important to frustrate your opponent's strategy than to be obsessed with your own. — Larry Evans Copy Share Image
