He hated games they made the world look too simple. Chess, in particular, had always annoyed him. It was the dumb way… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If you want to build a high performance organization, you've got to play chess, not checkers. — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
It is well-known that chess and music go well together, and many are those who have achieved unusual proficiency in both. — Savielly Tartakower Copy Share Image
Truth derives its strength not so much from itself as from the brilliant contrast it makes with what is only apparently true.… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
We want more women players to take up chess. There are few participants at the national level and hope it will grow. — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
No fantasy, however rich, no technique, however masterly, no penetration into the psychology of the opponent, however deep, can make a chess… — Vasily Smyslov Copy Share Image
Riding a bike works your legs but not your brain. Playing chess works your mind but not your body. Climbing brings it… — Pat Ament Copy Share Image
... My achievements in the field of chess are the result of immense hard work in studying theory ... — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
My opponent left a glass of whisky 'en prise' and I took it 'en passant'. — Joseph Henry Blackburne Copy Share Image
My kids are in school and in all these clubs - chess club, fashion club, you name it. When my dad came… — Omar Dorsey Copy Share Image
I am a design chauvinist. I believe that good design is magical and not to be lightly tinkered with. The difference between… — Ted Nelson Copy Share Image
There is only one thing Fischer does in Chess without pleasure: to lose! — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
There are too many Jews in chess. They seem to have taken away the class of the game. They don't seem to… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
“It's not just about linking an undesired social mythology that may or may not even exist to something (whatever) that has a… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
If you are going to make your mark among masters, you have to work far harder and more intensively, or, to put… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Baseball is a kind of collective chess with arms and legs in full play under sunlight. — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
In chess, computers show that what we call 'strategy' is reducible to tactics, ultimately. It only looks creative to us. They are… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
My very first book was a games collection of Anatoly Karpov. On the whole I was attracted by positonal play with some… — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
