“Chess lied to herself every day; it was just something she did, like taking her pills or making sure she had a… — Stacia Kane Copy Share Image
I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Look at Garry Kasparov. After he loses, invariably he wins the next game. He just kills the next guy. That's something that… — Maurice Ashley Copy Share Image
If once a man delays castling and his king remains in the center, files will open up against him, bishops sweep the… — Irving Chernev Copy Share Image
Fischer, who may or may not be mad as a hatter, has every right to be horrified — Jeremy Silman Copy Share Image
Alekhine's real genius is in the preparation and construction of a position, long before combinations or mating attacks come into consideration at… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
Chess is far too complex to be definitively solved with any technology we can conceive of today. However, our looked-down-upon cousin, checkers,… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally… — Larry Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Chess is infinite, and one has to make only one ill-considered move, and one's opponent's wildest dreams will become reality. — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength. It was a strategy for winning arguments, respect for… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
Chess can never reach its height by following in the path of science ... Let us, therefore, make a new effort and… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Fighting for me is a chess game. I'm not angry with my opponent. I just want to go in there and win. — Demian Maia Copy Share Image
There is no better training for chess than swimming. On a Friday evening I like to put in a good long session… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
Half the variations which are calculated in a tournament game turn out to be completely superfluous. Unfortunately, no one knows in advance… — Jan Timman Copy Share Image
It is annoying that the rules of chess do not allow a pawn to take either horizontally or backwards, but only forwards… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
I dropped the King's Indian in 1997 after one too many bad experiences against Kramnik. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
In chess so much depends on opening theory, so the champions before the last century did not know as much as I… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
You can't follow or understand the game unless you play chess yourself, unlike poker which you can pick up in five minutes. — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that my… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
In general there is something puzzling about the fact that the most renowned figures in chess - Morphy, Pillsbury, Capablanca and Fischer… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
It is a well known fact that almost all the outstanding chess-players have been first-class analysts. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
“Is God the Grand Chess Master? Is life a game of strategy that I should wonder what His next move will be?… — RJ Blizzard Copy Share Image
