About the only time our gut can truly outperform our reason is if we truly have developed a kind of informed intuition.… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
Anatoli Tarasov, the guy that created the Soviet style of play, was a visionary. He was a creative thinker. He studied ballet… — Gabe Polsky Copy Share Image
Intuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position. — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
The key in terms of mental ability is chess. There's never been a woman Grand Master chess player. Once you get one,… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
It is not possible to become a great player without having learned how to analyse deeply and accurately. — Mark Dvoretsky Copy Share Image
Chess is a good way to learn, to keep your brain fit and the ego in check, a mental form of your… — Peter Abelard Copy Share Image
If your opponent has an exposed king it is frequently worth sacrificing a pawn to be able to bring your rooks into… — Neil McDonald Copy Share Image
Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
“The art of chess is akin to the art of war itself; full of strategy and cunning, yet clever placements.” — Jennifer Megan Varnadore Copy Share Image
“Once the game is over,’ ” he says, “ ‘the king and the pawn go back in the same box.’ ” “In life and death… — Lisa Renee Jones Copy Share Image
“You have a friend named Bug?” “Sure. Why wouldn’t I?” Chess asked. “I have another friend who keeps telling me to call… — J.M. Sullivan Copy Share Image
As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
I soon realized that it is not enough for a master simply to analyse variations scrupulously just like an accountant. He must… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
By strictly observing Botvinnik's rule regarding the thorough analysis of one's own games, with the years I have come to realize that… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Along with my retirement from chess analytical work seems to have gone too. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
I love the chess game that I do on 'Suits.' I just love every bit of it and that I get to… — Gina Torres Copy Share Image
I started chess around the age of seven. I was inspired by the game, but soon legends like Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Anand… — Anish Giri Copy Share Image
Seem to be telling this, but really telling that. Three-dimensional writing, like three-dimensional chess. Nabokov was the other master of that. You… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which… — Mikhail Chigorin Copy Share Image
Many leaders are tempted to lead like a chess master, striving to control every move, when they should be leading like gardeners,… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
