Im so terrible at Chess. The only way Ill ever get to say Checkmate is if I eat at a restaurant in… — Azgraybebly Joslan Copy Share Image
Far from all of the obvious moves that go without saying are correct. — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
One doesn't have to play well, it's enough to play better than your opponent — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the style of a player should not be formed under the influence of any single great master. — Vasily Smyslov Copy Share Image
... though combinations are without number, the number of ideas are limited. — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Copy Share Image
Haste is never more dangerous than when you feel that victory is in your grasp. — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Copy Share Image
Dazzling combinations are for the many, shifting wood is for the few — Georg Kieninger Copy Share Image
In the Soviet Union, for instance, the pressure on the chess stars was immense. When Boris Spassky came home after losing that… — Liz Garbus Copy Share Image
My study of chess was accompanied by a strong attraction to music, and it was probably thanks to this that from childhood… — Vasily Smyslov Copy Share Image
What is the object of playing a gambit opening?... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
It is ... impossible to keep one's excellence in a little glass casket, like a jewel, to take it out whenever wanted.… — Adolf Anderssen Copy Share Image
Nowadays grandmasters no longer study their opponent's games so much, but they study his character, his behaviour and his temperament in the… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
No one ever won a chess match by making only forward moves. Just like in life, sometimes we have to move backward… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
According to research, test scores improved by 17.3% for students regularly engaged in chess classes, compared with only 4.6% for children participating… — Susan Polgar Copy Share Image
Never be proud of the position you hold. When the game of chess is over, the kings and soldiers go into the… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
The weaker the player the more terrible the Knight is to him, but as a player increases in strength the value of… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Every time you take a step, even when you don't want to. . . . When it hurts, when it means you… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The loss of my childhood was the price for becoming the youngest world champion in history. When you have to fight every… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
It's like they talk about how American actors have the method and English actors just kind of switch views faster. And John… — Judd Nelson Copy Share Image
In chess so much depends on opening theory, so the champions before the last century did not know as much as I… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Here is a definition which correctly reflects the course of thought and action of a grandmaster: - The plan in a game… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
It's interesting that the greatest minds of computer science, the founding fathers, like Alan Turing and Claude Shannon and Norbert Wiener, they… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The image that everyone has of a chess player is not necessarily positive. I think it's partly due to Bobby Fischer -… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
![“It's like they talk about how American actors have the method and English actors just kind of switch views faster. And John [Hurt] is telling me the story as he's sitting in that witness chair, and they're putting the final touches of makeup on. And he goes, "Hold on a second," to stop his story…” quote by Judd Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0ad/judd-nelson-4498_actors_it-s-like-they-talk-about-how-american-a_470630.jpg)
