The best indicator of a Chess Player's form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game. — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
Black is now in desperate need of a good idea. Or, to put it standard chess notation, +- — Mark Dvoretsky Copy Share Image
If trading is like chess, then macro is like three-dimensional chess. — Paul Tudor Jones Copy Share Image
It is a well known fact that almost all the outstanding chess-players have been first-class analysts. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
I feel that my chess strengths are still here, .. I believe I can still improve. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
You know, comrade Pachman, I don't enjoy being a Minister, I would rather play chess like you, or make a revolution in… — Che Guevara Copy Share Image
For me, Chess is life and every game is like a new life. Every chess player gets to live many lives in… — Eduard Gufeld Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my… — Michael Birch Copy Share Image
No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step… — Anonymous 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
I play chess with the computer when I feel dull in my mind and after two games - 'out or win', I… — Ronnie Screwvala Copy Share Image
I believe in magic ... There is magic in the creative faculty such as great poets and philosophers conspicuously possess, and equally… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
There's never before been a Chess player with such a thorough knowledge of the intricacies of the game and such an absolutely… — Lisa Lane Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Throughout chess history, great debates have raged about the pros and cons of hanging pawns. The debates are nonsense; the answer is… — Yasser Seirawan Copy Share Image
“Have you ever played chess, Kitty?” I eyed her. What did a board game have to do with this? “Not really.” “You… — Aimee Carter Copy Share Image
If you can play the first ten or fifteen moves in just as many minutes, you can be in a state of… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
Well, well. IM (and correspondence GM) Douglas Bryson once told me that he almost never plays a game that flows smoothly from… — Jonathan Rowson Copy Share Image
Fischer was a good kid but very unsophisticated about anything but chess. It was all chess for him, every waking moment. We'd… — Ronald Gross Copy Share Image
When it comes to fully understanding how to strategically move all the pieces on the marketing and distribution chess board on a… — Amy Pascal Copy Share Image
There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model United Nations and debate… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“We are men who find chess fascinating. Did you expect our lives to be secretly interesting?” — Noah Boyd Copy Share Image
You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Because of the Internet, chess is not about your nationality or your background. Anyone can get good now. — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
For us chess players the language of artist is something natural. — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
“I don't know how to play chess, but to me, life is like a game of chess.” — Thierry Guetta Copy Share Image
No one has ever played these endgames with such elegant ease as Capablanca. — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
Having good strategies in playing chess is often a good indication of being focused in life. — Martin Dansky Copy Share Image
If you don't win, it's not a great tragedy - the worst that happens is that you lose a game. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
I like all sorts of games that make you think. Chess is one of the games I play a lot, read a… — Ricky Rubio Copy Share Image
Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not. — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
When you watch chess, you don't see the four hours that the player spends preparing for a match ahead of time. — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
