To play a match for the World Championship is the cherished dream of every chess player. — David Bronstein 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
I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. -NeSha — Ralph Charell Copy Share Image
Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa. — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine. — Levon Aronian Copy Share Image
My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess… — Max Euwe 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 MCs, each chess player has his own style: how he likes to open, when he likes to attack. Just like we… — Gza Copy Share Image
Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
I spend around one hour per day on physical exercise. Exercise is a must for every chess player. As the proverb says,… — Humpy Koneru Copy Share Image
If, in our first match for the world champion's title, I had managed to make the score 6-0, there would have been… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Analysis is a glittering opportunity for training: it is just here that capacity for work, perseverence and stamina are cultivated, and these… — Lev Polugaevsky Copy Share Image
If you are serious about being a professional chess player, do know what your parents think and what their expectations are from… — Anish Giri 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
To play chess on a truly high level requires a constant stream of exact, informed decisions, made in real time and under… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The image that everyone has of a chess player is not necessarily positive. I think it's partly due to Bobby Fischer -… — Hikaru Nakamura 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
I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless… — Adolf Anderssen Copy Share Image
“The reason I like the game chess is because each move has countless repercussions, but you're in charge of them. And it's… — Bono Copy Share Image
It is a delight to watch a young and gifted chess player. To him have come no sinister experiences; to him continual… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
A great chess-player is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. No act terminating in itself… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
It's turns out to be much easier to simulate a grandmaster chess player than it is to simulate a 2-year-old. — Alison Gopnik 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
Obama is like a chess player who is playing simultaneous chess and has opened his game with an unusual opening. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Analysis, if it is really carried out with a complete concentration of his powers, forms and completes a chess player. — Lev Polugaevsky 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
The highest Art of the Chess player lies in not allowing your Opponent to show you what he can do. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The best indicator of a Chess Player's form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game. — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
Genius is a starry word; but if there ever was a chess player to whom that attribute applied, it was Paul Morphy. — Andrew Soltis Copy Share Image
