Chess Quotes · Page 19

That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one

— Bobby Fischer

The rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature.

— Thomas Huxley

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes

— Howard Staunton

I am the best player in the world and I am here to prove it

— Bobby Fischer

One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat

— Siegbert Tarrasch

“To many people chess is an extreme sport. It requires a lot of thinking.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova

When Garri Kasparov wrestles with his conscience, he always wins. It's what he's best at.

— Dominic Lawson

Not winning a tournament is not an option for me, unless it's no longer theoretically possible - then of course winning becomes…

— Magnus Carlsen

“Pawns are such fascinating pieces, too...So small, almost insignificant, and yet--they can depose kings. Don't you find that interesting?”

— Lavie Tidhar

“There had been a few times over the past year when she felt like this, with her mind not only dizzied but…

— Walter Tevis

There is no doubt that the reason for my awful oversight was over-confidence that sapped my sense of danger. So that is…

— Alexander Kotov

Anatoli Tarasov, the guy that created the Soviet style of play, was a visionary. He was a creative thinker. He studied ballet…

— Gabe Polsky

In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a…

— Boris Spassky

Just reading about the various opinions concerning the conduct of the recent championship matches convinces me that the only thing to which…

— Arpad Elo

The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this ...

— Anatoly Karpov

Television is like speed chess, as you have no time and no money. It is like trying to play Grandmaster chess with…

— Dean Devlin

Chess is a more highly symbolic game, but the aggressions are therefore even more frankly represented in the play. It probably began…

— Karl A. Menninger

Classical - perhaps I should say 'orchestral' - music is so digital, so cut up, rhythmically, pitchwise and in terms of the…

— Brian Eno

“If little else, the brain is an educational toy. The problem with possessing such an engaging toy is that other people want…

— Tom Robbins

“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

Finally the novelty came. These days it seems to be normal to play novelties somewhere in the ending. Apart from just being…

— Mihail Marin

[Professor Bragg asserts that] In sodium chloride there appear to be no molecules represented by NaCl. The equality in number of sodium…

— Henry Edward Armstrong

Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against his will, whose notion of Beauty always differs from yours and whose means (strength, imagination, technique)…

— Alexander Alekhine

Touch the pawns before your king with only infinite delicacy.

— Anthony Santasiere

It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position

— Vladimir Kramnik

Caissa, the goddess of chess, had punished me for my conservative play, for betraying my nature.

— Garry Kasparov

The laws of chess are as beautiful as those governing the universe - and as deadly.

— Katherine Neville

You may have the bishop pair but I have the ultimate advantage; I am the better player!

— John Adams

I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw.

— Nigel Short

I have always had a slight feeling of pity for man who has no knowledge of chess.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

In chess, bigamy is acceptable but monarchy is absolute.

— Garry Kasparov

When chess masters err, ordinary wood pushers tend to derive a measure of satisfaction, if not actual glee.

— Israel Albert Horowitz

I want to show how rich chess is and what kind of history it has, through culture, literature, and education.

— Judit Polgar

A chess player never has a heart attack in a good position.

— Bent Larsen

I'm used to litigating against incredibly competent, high-quality lawyers that are very good chess players.

— Michael Avenatti

People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.

— Nicolas Chamfort

A plan is made for a few moves only, not for the whole game.

— Reuben Fine

Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts.

— A. A. Milne

A 10,000m race is like a chess game and you are watching, wondering what's going on and what's going to happen.

— Colin Jackson