It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
As a kid, chess was the first thing I studied in a structured way that helped me gain the discipline to study… — Mark Spitz Copy Share Image
If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
Unless a player has an 'understanding chess' rating of at least 2400, the amount of significant knowledge that he can impart on… — Edmar Mednis Copy Share Image
I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
Though I would have liked my chances in a rematch in 1998 if I were better prepared, it was clear then that… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
It's easy to reach a certain level with chess, but it's very hard to reach the next level. — Jan Vertonghen Copy Share Image
Chess is a forcing house where the fruits of character can ripen more fully than in life — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Yeah, I lied and I shouldn’t have and it was lousy of me and I’m sorry. I never meant to hurt you,… — Stacia Kane Copy Share Image
After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes — Howard Staunton Copy Share Image
It's very important not to put pressure on a child. Make sure that she/he feels that whatever happens it's not the end… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
Blessed be the memory of him who gave the world this immortal game — Alfred George Gardiner Copy Share Image
For a game it is too serious, for seriousness too much of a game. — Moses Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
Of all my Russian books, the defense contains and diffuses the greatest 'warmth' which may seem odd seeing how supremely abstract Chess… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Leonard Chess passed, and that was the end of the Chess label for that time. — Solomon Burke Copy Share Image
I'd like to always be romantic in chess. Sadly, this doesn't always work like that. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics. — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
I stopped taking notes on my Palm Pilot and started playing the little chess game. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Caissa, the goddess of chess, had punished me for my conservative play, for betraying my nature. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are… — Stanislaw Ulam Copy Share Image
It's the fault of the chess players themselves. I don't know what they used to be, but now they're not the most… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
I have not given any drawn or lost games, because I thought them inadequate to the purpose of the book. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
