I have frequently stated that I regard chess as an art form, where creativity prevails over other factors. — Vasily Smyslov Copy Share Image
To have a knight planted in your game at K6 is worse than a rusty nail in your knee. — Efim Bogoljubov Copy Share Image
Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself. — Savielly Tartakower Copy Share Image
Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways. — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
Life is like playing chess with God. Your moves are called CHOICE and His moves are called CHALLENGES — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Skill at helping people grow spiritually, like skill at playing chess, depends on understanding and valuing differences. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
In a rook and pawn ending, the rook must be used aggressively. It must either attack enemy pawns, or give active support… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I was labeled as a tricky player early on and have been regarded as tricky throughout my whole career. It was said… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
Chess is like a language, the top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically but you have to… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
What I say is, don't go playing unless you can win. Only sit down to chess with idiots, only kick a dog… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
I am more strongly confirmed than ever in the belief that the time devoted to chess is literally frittered away. — Paul Morphy Copy Share Image
The rise of the Soviet school to the summit of world chess is a logical result of socialist cultural development. — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
After giving a student the basic mating patterns and strategies you must begin giving them advanced concepts. At first these ideas will… — Jeremy Silman Copy Share Image
In chess there can never be a favorite move. I can probably pinpoint in a specific game, there might be a move… — GZA Copy Share Image
My forte was the middlegame. I had a good feeling for the critical moments of the play. This undoubtedly compensated for my… — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
During the course of many years I have observed that a great number of doctors, lawyers, and important businessmen make a habit… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
The best reason to abolish it, in my opinion, is that everyone should deal with his time in the best way; there… — Jan Timman Copy Share Image
Botvinnik's right! When he says such things, then he's right. Usually, I prefer not to study chess but to play it. For… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
We perceive after a careful consideration of the evolution of the chess mind that such evolution has gone on, in general, in… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
In chess, computers show that what we call 'strategy' is reducible to tactics, ultimately. It only looks creative to us. They are… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
Chess is a part of culture and if a culture is declining then Chess too will decline — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
“In their figurative game of chess, Anthony Rawlings had Claire in check. Every move she made, he countered.” — Aleatha Romig Copy Share Image
It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king. — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
