Chess Quotes · Page 23

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

— Daniel Naroditsky

Leonard Chess passed, and that was the end of the Chess label for that time.

— Solomon Burke

An hour's history of two minds is well told in a game of chess.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

I thought I was playing the world champion, not some 27-eyed monster who sees everything in all positions.

— Tony Miles

The young people have read my book. Now I have no chance.

— Efim Bogoljubov

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

Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces.…

— Yann Martel

I was lucky enough to attend schools where they were understanding about when I needed to go abroad to play chess. Of…

— Magnus Carlsen

The study of typical plans is something that the leading grandmasters devote a great deal of time to. I would say that…

— Alexander Kotov

The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player.

— Savielly Tartakower

The Kremlin is constantly changing the rules of the game to suit its purposes. We are not playing chess, we're playing roulette.

— Garry Kasparov

According to research, test scores improved by 17.3% for students regularly engaged in chess classes, compared with only 4.6% for children participating…

— Susan Polgar

Never be proud of the position you hold. When the game of chess is over, the kings and soldiers go into the…

— Ritu Ghatourey

Though I would have liked my chances in a rematch in 1998 if I were better prepared, it was clear then that…

— Garry Kasparov

Every film, obviously, everyone starts out aiming at making it good, and in the end, filmmaking is really fragile. Making a film…

— Jeremy Davies

Work, as we usually think of it, is energy expended for a further end in view; play is energy expended for its…

— Northrop Frye

It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

It is a delight to watch a young and gifted chess player. To him have come no sinister experiences; to him continual…

— Richard Reti

Look at a football field. It looks like a big movie screen. This is theatre. Football combines the strategy of chess. It's…

— Steve Sabol

I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just…

— Forest Whitaker

Chess is a game that benefits people of all ages, especially kids, in any area of life, business, problem solving, and social…

— Dustin Diamond

Malina looked incredulous. "Are you anything more than a Druid?" "Of course I am. I own this shop and I play a…

— Kevin Hearne

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

“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

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

Fischer Chess play was always razor-sharp, rational and brilliant. One of the best ever

— Dave Regis

Combinations with a queen sacrifice are among the most striking and memorable.

— Anatoly Karpov