No fantasy, however rich, no technique, however masterly, no penetration into the psychology of the opponent, however deep, can make a chess… — Vasily Smyslov 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
“The Montreux Palace Hotel was built in an age when it was thought that things would last. It is on the very… — James Salter Copy Share Image
“FATHER OF THE COMPUTER Alan Turing was sneered at for not being a tough guy, a he-man with hair on his chest.… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
“It's a parallel world. It's a gothic forest. It's a bluish valley. It's a deep gorge. It's a déjà vu. It's a… — Joyce Akesson Copy Share Image
“Everything in New York is a photograph. All the things that are supposed to be dirty or rough or unrefined are the… — Ann-Marie MacDonald Copy Share Image
I love chess, and I didnt invent Fischerandom chess to destroy chess. I invented Fischerandom chess to keep chess going. Because I… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
“Let us take a limited example and compare the war machine and the state apparatus in the context of the theory of… — Gilles Deleuze y Féliz Guattari 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
“Grandmaster games are said to begin with novelty, which is the first move of the game that exits the book. It could… — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
After black's reply to 1.e4 with 1..e5, leaves him always trying to get into the game — Howard Staunton Copy Share Image
You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
The enormous mental resilience, without which no Chess player can exist, was so much taken up by Chess that he could never… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If you're playing a one-minute game, I could squeeze in five to six games before anybody walked by my cubicle. So I… — Paul Banks 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
“...why did you stick with me?” “That’s easy, Alice,” he said. His amber eyes melted into hers. “It’s the first rule of… — J.M. Sullivan Copy Share Image
The tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is… — Gerald Abrahams Copy Share Image
Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center,… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
For me, Chess is life and every game is like a new life. Every chess player gets to live many lives in… — Eduard Gufeld Copy Share Image
Crime is interesting. It's huge and fascinating, and it's what my business, TV and film, is largely based on. But the realities… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
Combinations have always been the most intriguing aspect of Chess. The masters look for them, the public applauds them, the critics praise… — Reuben Fine Copy Share Image
The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of… — Michael Stean 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
Though most people love to look at the games of the great attacking masters, some of the most successful players in history… — Yasser Seirawan Copy Share Image
Characters tend to be either for or against the quest. If they assist it, they are idealized as simply gallant or pure;… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
All this twaddle, the existence of God, atheism, determinism, liberation, societies, death, etc., are pieces of a chess game called language, and… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
“Give me a good game-day party on Sunday afternoon and I’ll show up, but knowing the intricate details about what was happening… — Gilbert Klein Copy Share Image
There's never before been a Chess player with such a thorough knowledge of the intricacies of the game and such an absolutely… — Lisa Lane 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
Chess is the only game in the world, which reflects the status of the husband. the poor king can take only one… — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
I claim that nothing else is so effective in encouraging the growth of chess strength as such independent analysis, both of the… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Earlier in my career, I never thought of boxing as a chess game, but I confirm that they are, in fact, very… — Wladimir Klitschko Copy Share Image
A chess game, after all, is a fight in which all possible factors must be made use of, and in which a… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
To take charge of destiny means to play a very convoluted chess game on multiple levels of consciousness and existence. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
