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
If once a man delays castling and his king remains in the center, files will open up against him, bishops sweep the… — Irving Chernev Copy Share Image
Agreeing to draws in the middlegame, equal or otherwise, deprives you of the opportunity to practice playing endgames, and the endgame is… — Pal Benko Copy Share Image
Alekhine's real genius is in the preparation and construction of a position, long before combinations or mating attacks come into consideration at… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
He was the captain of the chess club and an A-plus student.” – Nick “Why would anyone think he’s a demon?” –… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The way you have to think in chess is good for everyday thinking, really, especially for brothers in the urban community who… — Rza Copy Share Image
I’ve seen - both in myself and my competitors - how satisfaction can lead to a lack of vigilance, then to mistakes… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
And maybe some people do it too much, are too selfish and concentrated on chess. But I think that in all professions… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
It is a game of chess with this city. We'll have to see how it is going to play out. The city… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
While the Baroque rules of Chess could only have been created by humans, the rules of Go are so elegant, organic, and… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
For young players, their minds are not overloaded. I am 54 with four kids and I do many other things. Even if… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
By what right does White, in an absolutely even position, such as after move one, when both sides have advanced 1. e4,… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
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
“Over the years, they had destroyed all of him, removing hands, arms, and legs and leaving him with substitutes as delicate and… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Intelligence involves a great deal more than the ability to follow rules ( which is what chess-playing program does). It is also… — Steve Grand Copy Share Image
Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one of the… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
In chess the rules are fixed and the outcome is unpredictable, whereas in Putin's Russia the rules are unpredictable and the outcome… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
All we have gained then by our unbelief Is a life of doubt diversified by faith, For one of faith diversified by… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
I think that by and large chess players have been very kind. Like I said there have been a few incidents, but… — Maurice Ashley Copy Share Image
“Analysing complexity Analysis of complex systems almost always turns on finding recurring patterns in the system’s ever-changing configurations. The game of chess… — John H. Holland Copy Share Image
It was clear to me that the vulnerable point of the American Grandmaster (Bobby Fischer) was in double-edged, hanging, irrational positions, where… — Efim Geller Copy Share Image
Analysis, if it is really carried out with a complete concentration of his powers, forms and completes a chess player. — Lev Polugaevsky Copy Share Image
I am not a chess historian - I myself am a piece of chess history, which no one can avoid. I will… — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
No other great master has been so misunderstood by the vast majority of chess amateurs and even by many masters, as has… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Regardless of Bobby's recent hate-filled rantings, which I abhor, he is nonetheless one of the greatest chessplayers of all time. — Frank Brady Copy Share Image
Lovely Saying Love is lyk a Boy Playing Carrom, Always Afraid of losing His QUEEN A Girl Playing Chess, Risking everything Just… — ZhatsPrincess Copy Share Image
The process of rating players can be compared to the measurement of the position of a cork bobbing up and down on… — Arpad Elo Copy Share Image
One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people -… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
If you are weak in the endgame, you must spend more time analysing studies; in your training games you must aim at… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
And his six pawns were scattered like the ships of the Armada that should have conquered England; the Lord blew, and they… — Hans Kmoch Copy Share Image
I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized.… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
Spying is a like a game of chess: Sometimes you have to withdraw, sometimes you have to sacrifice one of your pieces… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Books on the openings abound; nor are works on the end game wanting; but those on the middle game can be counted… — Harry Golombek Copy Share Image
Chess is a contributor to net human unhappiness, since the pleasure of victory is greatly exceeded by the pain of defeat. — William Hartston Copy Share Image
Shall we ever live to see the following wise prohibition - the audience is forbidden to smoke and the masters are forbidden… — Savielly Tartakower Copy Share Image
“If I am a pawn in someone else's chess game, you better believe I am going to demand an explanation before being… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
A Soviet diplomat, like a skilled chess player, does not expect his opposite number to give up something for nothing, not even… — Arthur Dean Copy Share Image
