Normally we'd draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he'd play next. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that Bronstein's shrewd understanding of chess psychology was crucial to his success. Without it, his impetuous style and… — Pal Benko Copy Share Image
Your practical results will improve when you play what you know, like and have confidence in. — Edmar Mednis Copy Share Image
In our small chess community in Marylebone it would be mock modesty on my part to deny that I have built up… — Stephen Potter Copy Share Image
In chess there can never be a favorite move. I can probably pinpoint in a specific game, there might be a move… — GZA Copy Share Image
No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized.… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“Wouldn’t you rather play chess, Ma’am?....It’s less destructive of clothes.” — Rowena Cherry Copy Share Image
Earlier in my career, I never thought of boxing as a chess game, but I confirm that they are, in fact, very… — Wladimir Klitschko Copy Share Image
When asked, -How is that you pick better moves than your opponents?, I responded: I'm very glad you asked me that, because,… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the… — Leonid Shamkovich Copy Share Image
Despite the documented evidence by chess historian HJR Murray, I've always thought that chess was invented by a goddess — George Koltanowski Copy Share Image
Chess problems demand from the composer the same virtues that characterize all worthwhile art: originality, invention, conciseness, harmony, complexity, and splendid insincerity — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
You can't overestimate the importance of psychology in chess, and as much as some players try to downplay it, I believe that… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience. — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
A chess game, after all, is a fight in which all possible factors must be made use of, and in which a… — Emanuel Lasker 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
Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
“You and I should play sometime. I think you would like it,' she said." It's a game of strategy, mostly. The strong… — Aimee Carter Copy Share Image
Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways. — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
“Use art, be creative. No more war. No more children dying. A pawn that does not move in chess upsets the game.… — Lorin Morgan-Richards Copy Share Image
If we are to elevate the game of chess to a popular sport, grandmasters must become gladiators, otherwise the game will languish… — Michael Basman Copy Share Image
Photography is a system of visual editing. At bottom, it is a matter of surrounding with a frame a portion of one's… — John Szarkowski Copy Share Image
