Black is now in desperate need of a good idea. Or, to put it standard chess notation, +- — Mark Dvoretsky Copy Share Image
When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a magnetic field… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Rating systems work perfectly for players who play only in round robin closed events. I think most of them are overrated. Organizers… — Alexander Khalifman Copy Share Image
Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is… — Magnus Carlsen 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
“AI will begin as Artificial Idiocy . Who cares if a computer can play chess or take control of cyberspace? Can it… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play. — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Place the contents of the Chess box in a hat, shake them up vigorously, pour them on the board from a height… — Henry Bird Copy Share Image
Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game. — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
The Advantage is that mathematics is a field in which one's blunders tend to show very clearly and can be corrected or… — Norbert Wiener Copy Share Image
Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself. — Savielly Tartakower Copy Share Image
Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move to beat you.… — Junior Seau Copy Share Image
You know, also I, you know, I was on those birth control pills and my breasts were like, they hurt... and, you… — Eve Babitz Copy Share Image
Being one of the lucky ones I shouldn't be complaining, but for the chess world in general it would be good to… — Anish Giri Copy Share Image
“Like most conversations and most chess games, we all start off the same and we all end the same, with a brief… — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
The consumer game is tougher than pro football and more conniving than chess. One side [industry] invents the rules and the other… — Betty Furness Copy Share Image
