I played Chess with him and would have beaten him sometimes only he always took back his last move, and ran the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There was a time in my life when I almost thought I could never lose a single duel of chess. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
I already came upon the world as a extraordinary human being; to my parents' great horror, I was equipped with a clubfoot… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a little… — Budd Schulberg Copy Share Image
“had explicitly been concerned to treat mathematics as if it were a chess game, without asking for a connection with the world.… — Andrew Hodges Copy Share Image
In my free time, I love to catch up with tennis, swimming, travelling, and chess. — Namrata Shirodkar Copy Share Image
You work for a long period of time and the results don't really show, but at some point everything just comes together… — Fabiano Caruana Copy Share Image
The proponents of Steinitz' theory - Tarrasch and his supporters - tried to express Steinitz' teaching in the form of laconic rules,… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
“...That is my biography from the first day of my chess life to the present. JOURNALIST. And your plans. PLAYER. To play!” — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
“Do you play tennis, Senator?" "Now and then," he said with a ghost of a smile. He didn't add he'd lettered i… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I'm used to litigating against incredibly competent, high-quality lawyers that are very good chess players. — Michael Avenatti Copy Share Image
Firstly, there no such person as Death. Second, Death's this tall guy with a bone face, like a skeletal monk, with a… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
As with Steinitz, Fischer's genius has often been concealed by controversies away from the board. Like Lasker, Fischer has raised chess to… — Andrew Soltis Copy Share Image
Definitely, some of the artistry and poetry has been lost in modern chess. It's very rare that I play a game where… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
Chess strategy as such today is still in its diapers, despite Tarrasch's statement 'We live today in a beautiful time of progress… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
Bobby Fischer started off each game with a great advantage: after the opening he had used less time than his opponent and… — Edmar Mednis Copy Share Image
The main thing that develops positional judgement, that perfects it and makes it many-sided, is detailed analytical work, sensible tournament practice, a… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
Some people see life as a game of chess, while others prefer to see it as a game of cricket; but the… — Craig Brown Copy Share Image
The correct way to play chess is to develop each and every piece (chess is a team game!), get your King safely… — Jeremy Silman Copy Share Image
Chess is a form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
Fischer is an American Chess tragedy on par with Morphy and Pillsbury — Mig Greengard Copy Share Image
