Chess Quotes · Page 22

Chess is a time game, it’s a game of patience. That pretty much defines how I run the ball.

— Priest Holmes

It might sound a little weird that, you know, chess streaming has a community, but really it does.

— Daniel Naroditsky

Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must be occupied by pieces not Pawns

— Siegbert Tarrasch

That's chess!" snapped Ron. "You've got to make some sacrifices!

— Anonymous

To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

It is peculiar but a fact nevertheless, that the gamblers in chess have enthusiastic followers.

— Mikhail Botvinnik

I used to compete in chess tournaments when I was six years old.

— Joe Manganiello

Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games.

— Viswanathan Anand

“I wanted to become world champion, and in this respect school couldn’t give me anything… It is better to be one of…

— Bobby Fischer

Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistable.

— Leonid Shamkovich

You will need to be as cunning, clever, and ruthless as a con man and a chess master combined to get out…

— Senoraroy

The greatest development after age 21 was shown by Steinitz, who increased his rating by more than a full class interval. Steinitz…

— Arpad Elo

The Ruy Lopez occupied a constant place in my opening repertoire. In it is reflected the classical interpretation of the problem of…

— Vasily Smyslov

When Marx got into a difficult position he would get angry and losing a game would cause him to fly into a…

— Wilhelm Liebknecht

You can't follow or understand the game unless you play chess yourself, unlike poker which you can pick up in five minutes.

— Hikaru Nakamura

The preparation for active rook play entails what is called the opening of lines, which largely depends on pawn play, especially on…

— Hans Kmoch

Above all else, before playing in competitions a player must have regard to his health, for if he is suffering from ill-health…

— Mikhail Botvinnik

Throughout chess history, great debates have raged about the pros and cons of hanging pawns. The debates are nonsense; the answer is…

— Yasser Seirawan

“Have you ever played chess, Kitty?” I eyed her. What did a board game have to do with this? “Not really.” “You…

— Aimee Carter

If you can play the first ten or fifteen moves in just as many minutes, you can be in a state of…

— Alexander Kotov

I learned very early on once I started boxing as a kid that if you go into the ring emotionally charged you…

— Chris Eubank Jr

“The psychology of accurate intuition involves no magic. Perhaps the best short statement of it is by the great Herbert Simon, who…

— Daniel Kahneman

“Use art, be creative. No more war. No more children dying. A pawn that does not move in chess upsets the game.…

— Lorin Morgan-Richards

Kariakin-Shirov saw another theoretical battle in the 6...Bc5 Spanish, which has been one of the opening tabiyas of the event. [...] The…

— Steve Giddins

Writing is sort of like chess for me. You have to think carefully before you move, thinking, planning.

— Gza

In chess it is more important to frustrate your opponent's strategy than to be obsessed with your own.

— Larry Evans

With or without the title, Bobby Fischer was unquestionably the greatest player of his time

— Burt Hochberg

The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations.

— Richard Reti

Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces

— Akiba Rubinstein

I have to constantly work on my reflexes and hand-eye coordination. I do a lot of puzzles. I play chess.

— Bernard Hopkins

At the beginning, your love supports your marriage. Later on, your marriage supports your love.

— Larry Christiansen

“Death stoops over me. I'm a problem in chess. He has the solution.”

— Tomas Tranströmer

I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.

— Anatoly Karpov

Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right.

— Clive James

Pawns: they are the soul of this game, they alone form the attack and defense

— Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

Yeah, dolphins and monkeys basically could play chess together. Those are brilliant animals.

— Perry DeAngelis

Chess is a great game. It's a lot of fun, but sometimes you wonder what else is out there.

— Hikaru Nakamura

Patience is the most valuable trait of the endgame player.

— Pal Benko

Training in analysis (like any other form of chess training) should be treated very seriously.

— Mark Dvoretsky

Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists

— Mikhail Botvinnik