The endgame is an arena in which miraculous escapes are not uncommon. — Leonid Shamkovich Copy Share Image
There is luck in chess. My opponent was lucky that he was playing against an idiot. — James M. Loy Copy Share Image
“If God wanted humans to play chess, he would have made us black or white.” — Zenna Henderson Copy Share Image
Only a good bishop can be sacrificed, a bad bishop can only be lost. — Yuri Razuvaev Copy Share Image
My love of dynamic complications often led me to avoid simplicity when perhaps it was the wisest choice. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“It was like trying to make a move at chess when you were already mated.” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess, just as I would pity… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
“Life isn't always like Chess. But sometimes it is. In a really difficult game, queen leaves board at the end. The difference… — Heshan Udunuwara Copy Share Image
There is no disputing that in the eyes of Schlechter, Teichmann or even Rubinstein, the backward pawn was something more substantial than… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
Up to this point White has been following well-known analysis. But now he makes a fatal error: he begins to use his… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
I would prefer chess to become part of the Olympic Games. This would also lead to chess become more accepted as a… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
Well, you know, in America everybody is interested in making the dollar fast. In Yugoslavia no matter how much you hustle you're… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
In a crazy way, writing is a lot like any kind of very complex game - like chess, where you have the… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
I do not know to whom the aphorism 'There are no sound studies, only ones that haven't been busted yet' belongs, but… — Mark Dvoretsky Copy Share Image
The sailor is frankness, the landsman is finesse. Life is not a game with the sailor, demanding the long head--no intricate game… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Method rules his training, which blends the physical with the mental. How many chess masters put in, prior to an important match,… — Hans Kmoch Copy Share Image
When I analyse a position, I have a sparring partner who understands chess amazingly well. In a way I feel sorry for… — Boris Gelfand Copy Share Image
“I’m not forcing you to do anything. You need to make your own damn decisions . And I'm not playing this game… — Marilyn Grey Copy Share Image
One interesting indication of Capablanca's greatness is that to non-chess players his name was better known than the names of all other… — Fred Reinfeld 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 most intelligent inspection of any number of fine paintings will not make the observer a painter, nor will listening to a… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Theses officers were good friends, so it must have been a terrible argument, because the one who played chess with my father… — Bruno Schulz Copy Share Image
