The best tournament that I have ever played in was in 1950. It was great - a waiter came to you during… — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
I don't keep any close friends. I don't keep any secrets. I don't need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that's all. — Bobby Fischer 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
Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
The literary game is the abyss of human society itself: interactive, playful and tragic. We can't live alone. For me, Robinson [Crusoe]… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
The good thing in chess is that very often the best moves are the most beautiful ones. The beauty of logic. — Boris Gelfand Copy Share Image
I got the chess bug when I was finishing high school, we were doing chess tournaments at my house. I never got… — Paul Banks Copy Share Image
Play the move that forces the win in the simplest way. Leave the brilliancies to Alekhine, Keres and Tal. — Irving Chernev Copy Share Image
A lot of novelists start late-Conrad, Pirandello, even Mark Twain. When you're young, chess is all right, and music and poetry. But… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
The main Objective of any operation in an open file is the eventual Occupation of the seventh or eighth Rank. — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
You may have the bishop pair but I have the ultimate advantage; I am the better player! — John Adams Copy Share Image
If you don't know what to do, find your worst Piece and look for a better Square. — Gerard Schwarz Copy Share Image
I have always felt that Judit was a relatively slow starter, though she is extremely motivated, diligent, hard-working, and disciplined towards her… — Susan Polgar Copy Share Image
All I expect are wins and to get pleasure from the game. And if someone thinks something about me, if someone's dissatisfied… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
When I started out playing chess as a kid I thought I should be world champion. As a kid you have no… — Viswanathan Anand 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
It's little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
By the time a player becomes a Grandmaster, almost all of his training time is dedicated to work on this first phase.… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Chess is the most intimate game in the world. It's like making love. By the time we finish our first slow game,… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
The power of hanging Pawns is based precisely in their Mobility, in their Ability to create acute situations instantly. — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
I play way too much blitz chess. It rots the brain just as surely as alcohol. — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
The ability to create and to control the tension of battle is perhaps the principal attainment of the great player. — Savielly Tartakower Copy Share Image
