It is no secret that any talented player must in his soul be an artist, and what could be dearer to his… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
Throughout chess history, great debates have raged about the pros and cons of hanging pawns. The debates are nonsense; the answer is… — Yasser Seirawan Copy Share Image
The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game. — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
Nervous energy is the ammunition we take into any mental battle. If you don't have enough of it, your concentration will fade.… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
A sensation, hidden in the depths of my emotional memory, was suddenly revived: what if... What if for me The Variation is… — Lev Polugaevsky Copy Share Image
I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people -… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
Sit there for five hours? Certainly not! A player must walk about between moves, it helps his thinking. — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
I do not play chess – I fight at chess. Therefore, I willingly combine the tactical with the strategic, the fantastic with… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
He is the so-called father of the modern school of chess; before him, the King was considered a weak piece and players… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
I play a lot of chess, just to a bog-average level. But I find it stimulates your mind with all the combinations… — Kurt Maflin Copy Share Image
Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that… — George Johnson Copy Share Image
"When I am white I win because I am white. When I am black I win because I am Bogoljubov — Efim Bogoljubov Copy Share Image
A great chess-player is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. No act terminating in itself… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The business of the endgame is maneuvring to control critical squares, advancing or blockading passed pawns, preparing a breakthrough by the king,… — Pal Benko Copy Share Image
We should praise, rather, the courage of the player who, relying only on his intuition, plunges into a brilliant combination of which… — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Copy Share Image
I have also heard that GM Oscar Panno said that -whenever you have to make a rook move and both rooks are… — Oscar Panno Copy Share Image
It is unpleasant for the players, when the organizers arrange for play to take place in the morning. The games from such… — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
I have to constantly work on my reflexes and hand-eye coordination. I do a lot of puzzles. I play chess. — Bernard Hopkins Copy Share Image
