Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to… — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
Chess can help a child develop logical thinking, decision making, reasoning, and pattern recognition skills, which in turn can help math and… — Susan Polgar Copy Share Image
... I bid farewell to my readers in the hope that they have formed their own opinion as to the meaning of… — Raymond Keene Copy Share Image
Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
We are a thick skinned people with emtpy souls. We spend our days playing dice, chess, or sleeping - and we say… — Nizar Qabbani Copy Share Image
The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a… — Paul Morphy Copy Share Image
It has been stated that a characteristic mark of a combination is surprise; surprise for the defender, not for the assailant, since… — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Copy Share Image
If you have made a mistake or committed an inaccuracy there is no need to become annoyed and to think that everything… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
That which Steinitz gave to the theoretical aspect of the game when he was at his best is very remote to all… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
I think most people are fascinated by chess for that reason. It's just these mystical shapes. It's almost like Harry Potteresque, like… — Maurice Ashley Copy Share Image
Martial sex is kinda like ordering a Civil War chess set through the mail. You get one piece every four to six… — Bill Engvall Copy Share Image
Bobby Fischer started off each game with a great advantage: after the opening he had used less time than his opponent and… — Edmar Mednis Copy Share Image
Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's… — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
Who's straight? I'm not. I am bent gouged pinched and tugged at, and squeezed into this funny shape. Each life is a… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“The meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day, from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not… — Viktor E. Frankl Copy Share Image
It feels a little silly to annotate a game in which I didn't make a single move on my own, just following… — Jan Gustafsson Copy Share Image
Know that life, which does everything perfectly, is now moving you in a new direction. The chess piece of your existence is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Chess is a game sufficiently rich in meaning that it is easily capable of containing elements of both tragedy and comedy. — Luke McShane Copy Share Image
As a chess player I learn to adapt to new situations and always try to make the best move without looking back… — Anish Giri Copy Share Image
As a personality, I'm fighter, you know. And I don't give up, and if I believe I'm correct, I'm right, then I… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Enormous self-belief, intuition, the ability to take a risk at a critical moment and go in for a very dangerous play with… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The pleasure to be derived from a chess combination lie in the feeling that a human mind is behind the game, dominating… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
Definitely, some of the artistry and poetry has been lost in modern chess. It's very rare that I play a game where… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
It must be clearly understood that Soviet players do not seek simple systems in the opening, but try to formulate opening systems… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
The knight of QB3 is under obligation, the moment the enemy gives him the chance, of undertaking an invasion of the center… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
Crossword puzzles, Sudoku... I'm good at all those things. It's not daily, but I'll do stuff on the airplane. I love playing… — Larry Fitzgerald 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
Many leaders are tempted to lead like a chess master, striving to control every move, when they should be leading like gardeners,… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
Every great master will find it useful to have his own theory on the openings, which only he himself knows, a theory… — Mikhail Botvinnik 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
The most dangerous area is the centre, which has to be either attacked or defended in football, and it's the same in… — Henrikh Mkhitaryan Copy Share Image
A male scorpion is stabbed to death after mating. In chess, the powerful queen often does the same to the king without… — Gregor Piatigorsky Copy Share Image
All chess players know what a combination is. Whether one makes it oneself, or is its victim, or reads of it, it… — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Copy Share Image
Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
A win gives one a feeling of self-affirmation, and success - a feeling of self-expression, but only a sensible harmonization between these… — Oleg Romanishin Copy Share Image
If you are interested in improving, think of a draw offer as an offer to remain ignorant of what you would have… — Dan Heisman Copy Share Image
There are three intellectual pursuits, and, so far as I am aware, only three, in which human beings have performed major feats… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
Morphy gained most of his wins by playing directly and simply, and it is simple and logical method that constitutes the true… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
To take charge of destiny means to play a very convoluted chess game on multiple levels of consciousness and existence. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I tend not to dwell on the parallels between chess and business, chess and the martial arts, or any two things for… — Joshua Waitzkin Copy Share Image
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