A powerful studio boss doesn't want to be bested by a woman, even in chess. And a successful agent steps on a… — Sue Mengers Copy Share Image
Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has… — Arturo Pérez-Reverte Copy Share Image
“I have just spent the better part of a week sorting out the miasma of lunatic alibis known as your correspondence in… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Barcza is the most versatile player in the opening. He sometimes plays P-KKt3 on the first, sometimes on the second, sometimes on… — Harry Golombek Copy Share Image
It so often happens that, after sacrificing a pawn, a player aims not to obtain the initiative for it, but to regain… — Efim Geller Copy Share Image
Chess programs are our enemies, they destroy the romance of chess. They take away the beauty of the game. Everything can be… — Levon Aronian Copy Share Image
I think the draw quotient has always been high in world championship matches because the amount of effort people put into neutralizing… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
“The increase of knowledge has forced the thinker to specialise, with the result that there is nobody capable to deal with civilisation… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
I've never been much of a computer guy at least in terms of playing with computers. Actually until I was about 11… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
“In history and in evolution, progress is always a futile, Sisyphean struggle to stay in the same relative place by getting ever… — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
I didn't picture myself as even a grandmaster, to say nothing of aspiring to the chess crown. This was not because I… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which… — Mikhail Chigorin Copy Share Image
“I pull on her tether all the time but it won’t sink in. I have a feeling I’m using too much magic.… — Ashley Jeffery Copy Share Image
Emotional instability can be one of the factors giving rise to a failure by chess players in important duels. Under the influence… — Mark Dvoretsky Copy Share Image
Making a movie is like a chess game. It's about constantly changing patterns, adapting to new things. It's not just black and… — Tom Cruise Copy Share Image
“Who the hell let you animals into my office? I'll have you know I was playing a VERY unimportant game of chess… — Matt Fraction Copy Share Image
A lot of these ideas are built under wrong presumptions which officials have that chess players are lazy bastards whose sole idea… — Boris Gelfand Copy Share Image
“Beer bottles, whiskey bottles, brown glass, green. They fell to the lawn and I'd feel serene. Adam was king to my stilted… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
“But when he was with Chess he wasn’t the bad guy no more. He was the one keeping her safe, making her… — Stacia Kane Copy Share Image
“Like they say, the game is chess, it damn sure ain't checkers. Every move I make is so that I can conquer… — Wahida Clark Copy Share Image
Alekhine is a poet who creates a work of art out of something that would hardly inspire another man to send home… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though. — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
Bobby Fischer's current state of mind is indeed a tragedy. One of the worlds greatest Chess players - the pride and sorrow… — Frank Brady Copy Share Image
I started chess around the age of seven. I was inspired by the game, but soon legends like Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Anand… — Anish Giri Copy Share Image
But you see when I play a game of Bobby, there is no style. Bobby played perfectly. And perfection has no style. — Miguel Najdorf Copy Share Image
Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad, but chess players do. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
... Tarrasch's 'dogmas' are not eternal truisms, but merely instructional material presented in an accessible and witty form, those necessary rudiments from… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
With chess it was almost this palpable electricity that I felt. You're totally in control of your own fate. There's no luck… — Daniel Naroditsky Copy Share Image
Jack White is an extraordinary person because he's like a three-dimensional chess player. He thinks so far ahead. — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still… — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
Tactics involve calculations that can tax the human brain, but when you boil them down, they are actually the simplest part of… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
If the kids get a good grasp of what the main lessons are for chess after two or three years of staying… — Maurice Ashley Copy Share Image
The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
What do I do when we're not taping? Sit in a dark room and refine my plans for someday ruling Earth from… — Ryan Stiles Copy Share Image
Don't worry kids, you'll find work. After all, my machine will need strong chess player-programmers. You will be the first. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Critical thinking is the most important factor with chess. As it is in life, you need to think before you make decisions. — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
My life story is very special. I was raised with a special family as both my parents are teachers. They decided before… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
I don't know how many calories an average chess player burns per game, but it often exceeds that of a player in… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
