Along with my retirement from chess analytical work seems to have gone too. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
The present situation in physics is as if we know chess, but we don't know one or two rules. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
In my opinion the Open variation is absolutely correct - and more interesting than the Closed. — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
I walked about 55 kilometers and was awake for 25 hours. Now I have to think about setting a sleeping record. — Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami Copy Share Image
“Life is short, precious, and should not be wasted. Everyone has a chance at it. We’re equals after all. There are no… — Cristelle Comby Copy Share Image
If you are going to make your mark among masters, you have to work far harder and more intensively, or, to put… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Nowadays, a 13-year-old would probably know more than Bobby Fischer knew when he retired. They analyse all the moves and prepare themselves… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development. — Alexey Suetin Copy Share Image
Ralph... would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a… — William Golding Copy Share Image
The range of circumstances in which it is possible to presuppose the presence of a combination is very limited. The presence of… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The game of chess. Supposedly men made it up, and it's about war and men and the ravages and the bravery and… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
The Olympic Charter says winter sports must be played on snow or ice, so the Chess Federation says they'll play with ice… — Peter Sagal Copy Share Image
It's important, according to me, to train in small doses so as to not lose the joy of playing chess. I personally… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
To my surprise I found that when other top players in the precomputer age (before 1995, roughly) wrote about games in magazines… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
In choosing an opening plan players think most of all of harmonious development for the pieces, but sometimes leave the development of… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
Do not permit yourself to fall in love with the end-game play to the exclusion of entire games. It is well to… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Prose is an art form, movies and acting in general are art forms, so is music, painting, graphics, sculpture, and so on.… — Sam Lake Copy Share Image
Like looking down on a lubricious chess set, isn't it? The king moves in tiny steps, with no direction, like a drunkard… — Christopher Moore 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
Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of each of us would some day depend upon our winning or… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
