My dad was more, "Let's play chess. Read a book, you're stupid." He's more the intellectual type. — Michelle Rodriguez Copy Share Image
Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom. I am not, as… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
It is unjust, and sometimes very untrue, though it is a common theory, to hold that it is sacrifices which make the… — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Copy Share Image
I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
Anti-submarine warfare is the military version of chess. You must work out what the enemy is going to do before they even… — Sarah West Copy Share Image
A championship contender in the early twentieth century needed charisma and a knack for cultivating sponsorship, and Rubinstein was the epitome of… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Young players expose themselves to grave risks when they blindly imitate the innovations of masters without themselves first checking all the details… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
One charming characteristic of many flank attacks I could mention is that they do not very often lead to simplification: if the… — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
For me right now I think being the world number one is a bigger deal than being the world champion because I… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
Life is a thing to be lived, not spent; to be faced, not ordered. Life is not a game of chess, the… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
Alekhine is a poet who creates a work of art out of something that would hardly inspire another man to send home… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
Human affairs are like a chess-game: only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Life is like… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
In the middlegame, the king is merely an extra, but in the endgame, he is one of the star actors. — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
The knight is renowned for, among other things, its suitability as a blockader ... Because its strength lies in short-range operations it… — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
There is no remorse like a remorse of chess. It is a curse upon man. There is no happiness in chess. — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
The gigantic challenge is the magnitude of the individual differences in the optimal set point for "good stress." For one person, it's… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
I was a coin collector.I didn't know I was nerdy at the time until I felt my 16-D Mercury Dime that was… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
I'm attracted to things that are in direct opposition to something that I've just done. It's not like I'm trying to make… — Anna Kendrick Copy Share Image
Once there is the slightest suggestion of combinational possibilities on the board, look for unusual moves. Apart from making your play creative… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative… — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
I play a lot of chess. I probably played 200 games while we were making 'Andromeda.' — Ricky Schroder Copy Share Image
Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
