Chess Quotes · Page 21

People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.

— Nicolas Chamfort

Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.

— Bobby Fischer

No matter what the name, we're all the same pieces in one big chess game.

— Chuck D

The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game.

— Boris Spassky

I know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess

— Bobby Fischer

Chess and boxing have a lot in common, as both sports rely on the right strategy.

— Vitali Klitschko

Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices.

— Mikhail Tal

“I’ve always found chess to be a bit too much like real life to provide much enjoyment as a game.”

— Catherynne M. Valente

But man is a fickle and disreputable creature and perhaps, like a chess-player, is interested in the process of attaining his goal…

— Anonymous

On the other hand, chess is a mass sport now and for chess organisers shorter time control is obviously more attractive. But…

— Boris Spassky

Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

You have to accustom yourself to practical study at home, you have to devote time to studies, to the history of chess,…

— Mikhail Botvinnik

Never Be 'Proud' Nor 'Depressed' For What You Are And 'The Position' You Hold In Society. Remember, After The Game Of Chess,,,…

— Pacifiersucker

But the enemy has the move, and he is about to open his full game. And pawns are as likely to see…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

“I learned about opening moves and why it's important to control the center early on; the shortest distance between two points is…

— Amy Tan

I maintain that in every position that arises, we should deliberately search, among other things, for pieces which have no retreat. If…

— Cecil Purdy

The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions. It…

— Alexander Alekhine

I went through a few phases of finding myself: I dabbled in musical theater, chess club, dance troupe, splatter-painting, school mascot (go…

— Debby Ryan

“the shadows. “Why do you think they invented chess?” “He’s got you there,” said the captain, following Fletcher. Jake jogged slightly to…

— Russell Blake

One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and of the fact that the Whites and…

— Anatol Rapoport

“Another time, he was playing [chess] with his equal, the Duchess of Bourbon, who made a move that inadvertently exposed her king.…

— Walter Isaacson

We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields. But which are the best ones to…

— Alan Turing

“I put my hand on a bishop, my would be assassin, and thought of my father's heights when he won, how he…

— Rion Amilcar Scott

For my victory over Capablanca I am indebted primarily to my superiority in the field of psychology. Capablanca played, relying almost exclusively…

— Alexander Alekhine

In analysing complicated variations one must examine each branch of the tree once and once only.

— Alexander Kotov

Two passed pawns advancing on the enemy pieces have brought me more than a dozen points in tournaments.

— David Bronstein

Watching the season for me is about watching the chess matches.

— Ray Lewis

I don't know what I am going to play, so how can he know what I am going to play!

— Arthur Bisguier

“Sometimes, it requires a significant number of Chess moves to make the universe align.”

— James Qualls

To find the right plan is just as hard as looking for its sound justification.

— Emanuel Lasker

The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture.

— Garry Kasparov

Play out a boring game to the end and funny things can happen; Fischer knew it.

— Hans Ree

Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.

— Bobby Fischer

Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents.

— Aron Nimzowitsch

Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately

— Mikhail Botvinnik

Many men, many styles; what is chess style but the intangible expression of the will to win.

— Aron Nimzowitsch

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.

— Raymond Chandler

Don't worry about your rating, work on your playing strength and your rating will follow.

— Dan Heisman

There is only one thing Fischer does in Chess without pleasure: to lose!

— Boris Spassky

If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself.

— Siegbert Tarrasch