Chess Quotes · Page 28

“The increase of knowledge has forced the thinker to specialise, with the result that there is nobody capable to deal with civilisation…

— Aleister Crowley

As a chess player I learn to adapt to new situations and always try to make the best move without looking back…

— Anish Giri

No fool can play chess, and only fools do.

— Marc Lowrance

The number of 'unneccessary' errors that have been committed on move 41 are legion.

— Edmar Mednis

“I am usually more impressed with people who are artful in shuffling a deck, than those who can masterfully play chess.”

— Lionel Suggs

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

— Mikhail Botvinnik

Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa.

— Henri Poincare

It is the aim of the modern school, not to treat every position according to one general law, but according to the…

— Richard Reti

In chess, you gotta come up with a strategy. I made a lot of plans in my life. 'I'ma do this, I'ma…

— Tee Grizzley

Capablanca plays very superficially sometimes, in a way that can only be ascribed to lack of concentration. This is an integral weakness…

— Max Euwe

I do not know to whom the aphorism 'There are no sound studies, only ones that haven't been busted yet' belongs, but…

— Mark Dvoretsky

Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.

— Bobby Fischer

The essence of Capablanca's greatness is his rare talent for avoiding all that can complicate or confuse the conflict.

— Max Euwe

Chess is a game sufficiently rich in meaning that it is easily capable of containing elements of both tragedy and comedy.

— Luke McShane

If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a…

— Viswanathan Anand

The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake.

— Savielly Tartakower

Chess is a sad waste of brains.

— Walter Scott

The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing

— Savielly Tartakower

[Some of the people I'd met] were wonderful people as human beings, and some people were more difficult. I could not see…

— Matthieu Ricard

In my opinion, the style of a player should not be formed under the influence of any single great master.

— Vasily Smyslov

I have a quite feeling of pity for all those who don't know chess; almost like I am sorry for those who…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Not winning a tournament is not an option for me, unless it's no longer theoretically possible - then of course winning becomes…

— Magnus Carlsen

Skill at helping people grow spiritually, like skill at playing chess, depends on understanding and valuing differences.

— John Ortberg

...for chess, that superb, cold, infinitely satisfying anodyne to life, I feel the ardour of a lover, the humility of a disciple.

— Anonymous

Boxing and chess are similar. It’s about the choice of means. Sometimes I need a pawn, a bishop or a knight to…

— Lennox Lewis