That she won the game startled me cold. The way she won, the pattern of her thought on the chessboard, charmed me… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. — Emo Philips Copy Share Image
“Analysing complexity Analysis of complex systems almost always turns on finding recurring patterns in the system’s ever-changing configurations. The game of chess… — John H. Holland Copy Share Image
Chess holds deep wisdoms of the people. It is truly an image of life, the reflection of human fate that has shown… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
One interesting indication of Capablanca's greatness is that to non-chess players his name was better known than the names of all other… — Fred Reinfeld Copy Share Image
Short of actual blunders, lack of faith in one's position is the chief cause of defeat. To be sure, it is easy… — Fred Reinfeld Copy Share Image
Remember that the machine is there to help you, because at the end of the day, you're not playing freestyle chess, advanced… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“One day, he said that what you had to do in any adversarial situation was to kill the king, as in chess.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the… — Emanuel Lasker 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
Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games. — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
In chess, as played by a good player, logic and imagination must go hand in hand, compensating each other. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
“But is it not already an insult to call chess anything so narrow as a game? Is it not also a science,… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
If critics and competitors can't match your results, they will often denigrate the way you achieve them. Fast, intuitive types are called… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The worst enemy of the strategist is the clock. Time trouble... Reduces us all to pure reflex and reaction, tactical play. Emotion… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I am acutely conscious, from vast experience in opens, that guys around, say 2100 or more can definitely play chess and that… — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The game of chess is a metaphor for life... it teaches you strategy and it teaches you the value of knowing where… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Self-confidence is very important. If you don't think you can win, you will take cowardly decisions in the crucial moments, out of… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
Well, I think, in large part, when I first began playing chess at seven years old, I was quite bad at it.… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
