What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The queen was my favorite chess piece. Unlike the women I knew in real life, she was powerful. Her job was to… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
“Now mayhap you quit givin Terrible the fuckin slurpy-eyes an give Bump the listening, yay? Thinkin you can? Gots some fuckin chattering… — Stacia Kane Copy Share Image
It's less about the physical training, in the end, than it is about the mental preparation: boxing is a chess game. You… — Jimmy Smits Copy Share Image
Its just a pawn ; but, in the end game, one can use a pawn with more potential and power, than a… — Gary A Shoop Copy Share Image
Life is like a game of chess. It's long, boring and I don't really know what I'm doing... — Anonymous 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
All experiments that are related to the games when you have humans versus machines in the games - whether it's chess or… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Capablanca did not apply himself to opening theory (in which he never therefore achieved much), but delved deeply into the study of… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
I detest the endgame. A well-played game should be practically decided in the middlegame. — Dawid Janowski Copy Share Image
The battle for the ultimate truth will never be won. And that's why chess is so fascinating. — Hans Kmoch Copy Share Image
Ironically, the main task of chess software companies today is to find ways to make the program weaker, not stronger, and to… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Those who know the marvels of chess and wonder why this game of all games does not enjoy greater popularity may also… — Gregor Piatigorsky Copy Share Image
I ... have two vocations: chess and engineering. If I played chess only, I believe that my success would not have been… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
“I learned about opening moves and why it's important to control the center early on; the shortest distance between two points is… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind and are then refined… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
A great deal of the pupils time was spent going through, once again, the History of the Communist (Bolshevik) Party of the… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
“In their figurative game of chess, Anthony Rawlings had Claire in check. Every move she made, he countered.” — Aleatha Romig Copy Share Image
Ultimately, what separates a Winner from a Loser at the Grandmaster level is the Willingness to do the Unthinkable. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
