In chess, you have to bring all the pieces into the game. It is about development. In writing, you have to develop… — Gza 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
I was labeled as a tricky player early on and have been regarded as tricky throughout my whole career. It was said… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Skill at helping people grow spiritually, like skill at playing chess, depends on understanding and valuing differences. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
In a rook and pawn ending, the rook must be used aggressively. It must either attack enemy pawns, or give active support… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
The game of chess. Supposedly men made it up, and it's about war and men and the ravages and the bravery and… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
The range of circumstances in which it is possible to presuppose the presence of a combination is very limited. The presence of… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The Indians and Chinese have become brilliant chess professionals. They get on a plane and play all over the world. This has… — Kenneth Rogoff Copy Share Image
The triumph of the analytical movement, which formed in the '30's and '40's, was precisely what earned the Soviet masters the acclaim… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
“The chess-board is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rules of the game are what we call… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
Chess is a good way to learn, to keep your brain fit and the ego in check, a mental form of your… — Peter Abelard Copy Share Image
I just love fighting. You lock me in there with another guy - that strategy, that game of chess - I'm in… — Frank Mir Copy Share Image
Sexiness, particularly in movies, is the chess game in the 'Thomas Crown Affair'. It's, it's, I don't know, but Faye Dunaway comes… — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
I get off on the interaction with people, and I love the chess of a movie and particularly - not only in… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
“Chess lied to herself every day; it was just something she did, like taking her pills or making sure she had a… — Stacia Kane Copy Share Image
The Olympic Charter says winter sports must be played on snow or ice, so the Chess Federation says they'll play with ice… — Peter Sagal Copy Share Image
The problem is that nowadays, with so much information flying around, it is almost impossible to remember anything you saw just a… — Peter Leko Copy Share Image
I am more strongly confirmed than ever in the belief that the time devoted to chess is literally frittered away. — Paul Morphy Copy Share Image
The rise of the Soviet school to the summit of world chess is a logical result of socialist cultural development. — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you have to… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
What I say is, don't go playing unless you can win. Only sit down to chess with idiots, only kick a dog… — N.D. Wilson 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
Being a young parent, you can play cricket, football, and I can play chess with my son. In fact, he plays the… — Ayushmann Khurrana Copy Share Image
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
I may play some exhibition games so I don't want to quit the game of chess completely. I just decided and it's… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
By strictly observing Botvinnik's rule regarding the thorough analysis of one's own games, with the years I have come to realize that… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“She has gathered that the man in the grey suit whom her father called Alexander also has a student, and there will… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center,… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
Being one of the lucky ones I shouldn't be complaining, but for the chess world in general it would be good to… — Anish Giri Copy Share Image
“When she moves a chess piece on the board, it isn’t so she can win; it’s to move the game forward. She’s… — Danielle Stewart Copy Share Image
Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
The Pawn move is a capital investment. Every one of the forty-eight should, from the beginning, be spent as if it were… — William Ewart Napier 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
