“For chess grand masters, the process of thinking during a match can "cost" up to 7000 calories a day” — Beau Lotto Copy Share Image
To play a match for the World Championship is the cherished dream of every chess player. — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves. — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
A lot of people see a future where you could make a living as a chess player. — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
Like us as Black", beg the chess pieces," and you will anyway like us as White — Isaac Boleslavsky 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
According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games. — Pal Benko Copy Share Image
“If chess is about the decisive battle, wei qi is about the protracted campaign. The chess player aims for total victory. The… — Henry Kissinger 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
Most chess players know, thanks to the study of master games, that two bishops are stronger than two knights or than bishop… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
The shortcoming of hanging pawns is that they present a convenient target for attack. As the exchange of men proceeds, their potential… — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
As Olafsson showed me, White can win... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally,… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Theory regards this opening as incorrect, but it is impossible to agree with this. Out of the five tournament games played by… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
Even in the heat of a middlegame battle the master still has to bear in mind the outlines of a possible future… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
A great deal of the pupils time was spent going through, once again, the History of the Communist (Bolshevik) Party of the… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a particularly young chess player. I have been playing in the best tournaments in the world since I… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
A lot of the difference between an IM and GM is a seriousness to the game. The GM is willing to go… — Nick de Firmian Copy Share Image
It is hardly useful if you trustingly play through variation after variation from a book. It is a great deal more useful… — Mark Dvoretsky Copy Share Image
All I expect are wins and to get pleasure from the game. And if someone thinks something about me, if someone's dissatisfied… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
It is a profound mistake to imagine mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
Even in the King's Gambit ... White is no longer trying to attack at all costs. He has had to adapt his… — Neil McDonald Copy Share Image
I will not hide the fact that I love to hear the spectators react after a sacrifice of a piece or pawn.… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
