When you play against an experienced opponent who exploits all the defensive resources at his command you sometimes have to walk time… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
I feel that it is no less interesting to be a trainer than to play oneself. I even take greater delight in… — Mark Dvoretsky Copy Share Image
Chess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
It was an impressive achievement, of course, and a human achievement by the members of the IBM team, but Deep Blue was… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The great mobility of the King forms one of the chief characteristics of all endgame strategy. In the middlegame the King is… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to say, the… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
He who wants to educate himself in Chess must evade what is dead in Chess... the habit of playing with inferior opponents;… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Miss Vesper Holly has the digestive talents of a goat and the mind of a chess master. She is familiar with half… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Coaching secrets? I don't think I got any. The main "secret" - love for chess. — Ashot Nadanian Copy Share Image
Our efforts in chess attain only a hundredth of one percent of their rightful result... Our education, in all domains of endeavour,… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Every film, obviously, everyone starts out aiming at making it good, and in the end, filmmaking is really fragile. Making a film… — Jeremy Davies Copy Share Image
Chess computers do not sweat during time pressure and commit costly blunders. Furthermore, the strength of these programs (over and above their… — Ira Carmen Copy Share Image
Look at the catastrophic record Vishy Anand has against Garry Kasparov. Kasparov managed to beat him almost everywhere they played, even though… — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
Once we have chosen the right formation in the centre we have created opportunities for our pieces and laid the foundation of… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
Many Chess players were surprised when after the game, Fischer quietly explained: 'I had already analyzed this possibility' in a position which… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
She looks at me out of the side of her uncovered eye. "Chess, Zombie: defending yourself from the move that hasn't happened… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
To venture an opinion is like moving a piece at chess: it may be taken, but it forms the beginning of a… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Chess teaches the Clausewitzian concepts of “center of gravity” and the “decisive point”—the game usually beginning as a struggle for the center… — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
The main line of the Yugoslav Attack has become just too vast for most players to study in depth, and anyone intending… — John Nunn Copy Share Image
