A male scorpion is stabbed to death after mating. In chess, the powerful queen often does the same to the king without… — Gregor Piatigorsky Copy Share Image
The best indicator of a Chess Player's form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game. — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
Chess may be the deepest, least exhaustible of pastimes, but it is nothing more. As for a chess genius, he is a… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
There is not a single true chess-player in the world whose heart does not beat faster at the mere sound of such… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
As a personality, I'm fighter, you know. And I don't give up, and if I believe I'm correct, I'm right, then I… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Marriage is like a chess match is initiated and the board expands over time until it takes up all of a life. — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
The Ruy Lopez occupied a constant place in my opening repertoire. In it is reflected the classical interpretation of the problem of… — Vasily Smyslov Copy Share Image
When you defend, try not to worry or become upset. Keep your cool and trust your position - it's all you've got. — Pal Benko Copy Share Image
“The chess-board is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rules of the game are what we call… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
You can only win the game when you understand that it is a game. Let a man play chess, and tell him… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
Once I asked Teichman what he thought of Bird's chess: "Same as his health," he replied, "always alternating between being dangerously ill… — William Ewart Napier Copy Share Image
We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields. But which are the best ones to… — Alan Turing Copy Share Image
We often hear the terms 'positional' and 'tactical' used as opposites. But this is as wrong as to consider a painting's composition… — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
My forte was the middlegame. I had a good feeling for the critical moments of the play. This undoubtedly compensated for my… — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
There can be no finer example of the inspiring powers of competition to shatter the status quo than Hungary's Judit Polgar. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
He was the captain of the chess club and an A-plus student.” – Nick “Why would anyone think he’s a demon?” –… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
In both games, you have to think fast. In chess you tend to know all the patterns already, just like in football. — Edgar Davids Copy Share Image
At lunchtime the place is jumping, while at night the dining rooms could have been rented out for chess tournaments. — Bryan Q. Miller Copy Share Image
Experience and the constant analysis of the most varied positions builds up a store of knowledge in a player's mind enabling him… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
I was highly attracted to chess for forty or forty-five years; then, little by little, my enthusiasm lessened. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
