I go over many games collections and pick up something from the style of each player. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
You may knock your opponent down with the chessboard, but that does not prove that you are the better player. — Marc Lowrance Copy Share Image
“I'm playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers, that's why I always lose” — Josh Stern Copy Share Image
Genius. It's a word. What does it really mean? If I win I'm a genius. If I don't, I'm not. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
There is no remorse like a remorse of chess. It is a curse upon man. There is no happiness in chess. — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Fencing isn't really fighting. It's more like chess with the risk of puncture wounds — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
There's so many lessons I get from chess, it's incredible, but I think the biggest thing for me has always been is… — Maurice Ashley Copy Share Image
It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man has yet said "Mate!" in a voice which failed to sound to… — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
“Garry Kasparov, the Russian chess grandmaster and Putin opponent who said, “The point of modern propaganda isn’t only to misinform or push… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
What the devil possessed me to reply 1. ... e5?? I compltely forgot that Spassky, like Spielmann in the past, very much… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
Anti-submarine warfare is the military version of chess. You must work out what the enemy is going to do before they even… — Sarah West Copy Share Image
“the village would never accept it. It has a policy of never accepting anything. As a happy consequence, it changes about as… — Kurt Vonnegut 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
Go through detailed variations in your own time, think in a general way about the position in the opponent's time and you… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
Chess as a sport requires a lot of mental stamina, and this is what that makes it different from a physical sport.… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
I started playing chess in the Eighties, but it is only recently that people have begun to appreciate the importance of physical… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative… — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
“It is in general and odd thing to reach some measure of fame and see one's name bandied about in the newspapers.… — David Liss Copy Share Image
You will already have noticed how often Capablanca repeated moves, often returning to positions which he had had before. This is not… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
“She strove for poised composure, despite feeling like a powerless pawn in a despicable game of human chess, played for the amusement… — Collette Cameron Copy Share Image
“As I read it I was thinking of the phenomenon of endgame. Although the concept can apply to many games, it is… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
Playing without a concurrent critical review of one's skills will simply get you nowhere. — Edmar Mednis Copy Share Image
I got arrested for playing chess in the street. I said, it's because I'm black, isn't it. — Milton Jones Copy Share Image
I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
