Much time and money has gone into computer chess programs, and so far, no one's figured out how to crack the game,… — Wells Tower Copy Share Image
Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Tis action moves the world…[in] the game of chess, mind that: ye cannot leave your men to stand unmoving on the board… — Susanna Kearsley Copy Share Image
Suddenly it was obvious to me in my analysis I had missed what Fischer had found with the greatest of ease at… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
I am acutely conscious, from vast experience in opens, that guys around, say 2100 or more can definitely play chess and that… — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Being in the military just lets you know how helpless you are. You could train forever but you're still at the mercy… — Ice T Copy Share Image
Professional players work almost every day, for hours on end, and the emphasis is on the word 'work.' It can be with… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
One charming characteristic of many flank attacks I could mention is that they do not very often lead to simplification: if the… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
I like the little chess match of how people move through space. I'm not comparing myself to Michelangelo with this analogy, but… — Timothy Miller Copy Share Image
Carlsen came with a line that was not very theoretical, trying to challenge the World Champion to play chess. [...] But Anand… — Alejandro Ramirez Copy Share Image
The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
There is a part of me that will forever want to be walking under autumn leaves, carrying a briefcase containing the works… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
During terms, Professor Marsden lives in Cambridge with his wife, chess player extraordinaire and distinguished physician and surgeon Bryony Asquith Marsden. His… — Sherry Thomas Copy Share Image
I'm not much of a chess player, but there is an aspect of the game that I find fascinating. After a while,… — Hannu Rajaniemi Copy Share Image
In our small chess community in Marylebone it would be mock modesty on my part to deny that I have built up… — Stephen Potter Copy Share Image
Fighting Manny Pacquiao is like playing a very fast game of chess. He was very fast and sharp. You have to be… — Jessie Vargas Copy Share Image
Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player… — Vladimir Kramnik 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
One does not succeed by sticking to convention. When your opponent can easily anticipate every move you make, your strategy deteriorates and… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Chess can never reach its height by following in the path of science ... Let us, therefore, make a new effort and… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Of course, analysis can sometimes give more accurate results than intuition but usually it’s just a lot of work. I normally do… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
“Why people do that in case it can be predicted like the table of chess, why people are liars and hypocritical?” — Deyth Banger Copy Share Image
While it is a cause for regret that Fischer did not continue to produce scintillating games, he perhaps had a greater impact… — John Nunn Copy Share Image
Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating. — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that my… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won. — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
Kortchnoi's heritage is many-faceted - over the decades he has several times corrected and changed his style. But the main thing has… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Never be too proud of who you are and what position you hold because after a game of chess the kings and… — Keren Zhims Copy Share Image
Chess is a great game. No matter how good one is, there is always somebody better. No matter how bad one is,… — Israel Albert Horowitz Copy Share Image
Even when the time control has been reached, there is one situation where you want to act as if it has not:… — Edmar Mednis Copy Share Image
A strong player requires only a few minutes of thought to get to the heart of the conflict. You see a solution… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is somehat stronger… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if you choose to do so yourself, in… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
At that time two opposing concepts of the Game called forth commentary and discussion. The foremost players distinguished two principal types of… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Politicians should be dedicated to the welfare of the people, but sometimes politics becomes like a game of chess, in which the… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
I don't keep any close friends. I don't keep any secrets. I don't need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that's all. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
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