A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player — Bobby Fischer 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
I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
What is the object of playing a gambit opening?... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chessplayer's nature — Rudolf Spielmann Copy Share Image
Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
... far more people make a living as professional chess players today than ever before. Thanks partly to the availability of computer… — Kenneth Rogoff Copy Share Image
This is the essential element that cannot be measured by any analysis or device, and I believe it's at the heart of… — Garry Kasparov 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
“I wanted to become world champion, and in this respect school couldn’t give me anything… It is better to be one of… — Bobby Fischer 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
I started playing chess in the Eighties, but it is only recently that people have begun to appreciate the importance of physical… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
Chess as a sport requires a lot of mental stamina, and this is what that makes it different from a physical sport.… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
Bobby Fischer was hugely important for the American chess community because it put chess on the map - he made it possible… — Liz Garbus Copy Share Image
The huge egos of great chess players are legendary. Psychologists have been amazed by their vanity, have studied it, and anecdotes concerning… — Israel Albert Horowitz Copy Share Image
Chess players, people who travel all over the world, should be trusted or else not sent anywhere at all. Why are these… — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
I learned a lot. I really did. Millennium is a state of mind. I always thought of Frank Black as the greatest… — Lance Henriksen Copy Share Image
A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play. This is a rule which has stood its test in chess history… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
One thing with Garry, and I think it is due in a large part to his Soviet training, he'll never quite understand… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
Emotional instability can be one of the factors giving rise to a failure by chess players in important duels. Under the influence… — Mark Dvoretsky 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
During terms, Professor Marsden lives in Cambridge with his wife, chess player extraordinaire and distinguished physician and surgeon Bryony Asquith Marsden. His… — Sherry Thomas 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
Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad, but chess players do. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Bobby Fischer's current state of mind is indeed a tragedy. One of the worlds greatest Chess players - the pride and sorrow… — Frank Brady Copy Share Image
Don't worry kids, you'll find work. After all, my machine will need strong chess player-programmers. You will be the first. — Mikhail Botvinnik 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
The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that. — Boris Spassky 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
It is a well known fact that almost all the outstanding chess-players have been first-class analysts. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Any experienced player knows how a change in the character of the play influences your psychological mood. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
I think there's a misconception that chess players are all total nerds. Well, I guess they are. — Daniel Naroditsky Copy Share Image
Ultimately, what separates a Winner from a Loser at the Grandmaster level is the Willingness to do the Unthinkable. — Garry Kasparov 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
You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Could we look into the head of a Chess player, we should see there a whole world of feelings, images, ideas, emotion… — Alfred Binet Copy Share Image
