For me, chess is not a profession, it is a way of life, a passion. People may feel that I have conquered… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
In modern praxis lost positions are salvaged most often when the play is highly complicated with many sharp dynamic variations to be… — Leonid Shamkovich Copy Share Image
The true sweetness of chess, if it ever can be sweet, is to see a victory snatched, by some happy impertinence, out… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Fate knows all about you, it knows your fears and your weaknesses and your confidences and strengths, and it can be ready… — Tim Lebbon Copy Share Image
“Sure. Focused. Let's totally ignore any possible other avenues and just tunnel-vision our way along. Maybe we'll get lucky and blunder into… — Stacia Kane Copy Share Image
Chess is a great training ground for poker players because it's a math-based game, much like backgammon is. — Daniel Negreanu Copy Share Image
Inevitably the machines must win, but there is still a long way to go before a human on his or her best… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
You see, in chess we have styles - like in any other field. There are also fashions in the kinds of systems… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively. — Mark Dvoretsky Copy Share Image
Television is like speed chess, as you have no time and no money. It is like trying to play Grandmaster chess with… — Dean Devlin Copy Share Image
After giving a student the basic mating patterns and strategies you must begin giving them advanced concepts. At first these ideas will… — Jeremy Silman Copy Share Image
Boxing is a state of mind. It's a place where you just think about what you are doing, in the moment. Fascinating,… — Michele Lamy Copy Share Image
I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Unlike every other product that is now manufactured for the table, wine exists in as many varieties as there are people who… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
“The purpose of history, as I see it, is to uncover the forces which move the pawns on the chess board of… — Willis A. Carto Copy Share Image
I am pleased that in a match for the World Championship I was able to conduct a game in the style of… — Boris Gelfand Copy Share Image
Chess strength in general and chess strength in a specific match are by no means one and the same thing. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
The best friend a man can have is reading and writing, and the bad ones to avoid are Go and chess and… — Hojo Soun Copy Share Image
