“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
It's turns out to be much easier to simulate a grandmaster chess player than it is to simulate a 2-year-old. — Alison Gopnik 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
“Beer bottles, whiskey bottles, brown glass, green. They fell to the lawn and I'd feel serene. Adam was king to my stilted… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
“But when he was with Chess he wasn’t the bad guy no more. He was the one keeping her safe, making her… — Stacia Kane Copy Share Image
Making a movie is like a chess game. It's about constantly changing patterns, adapting to new things. It's not just black and… — Tom Cruise Copy Share Image
“Who the hell let you animals into my office? I'll have you know I was playing a VERY unimportant game of chess… — Matt Fraction Copy Share Image
If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
I think the draw quotient has always been high in world championship matches because the amount of effort people put into neutralizing… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
Chess programs are our enemies, they destroy the romance of chess. They take away the beauty of the game. Everything can be… — Levon Aronian Copy Share Image
Barcza is the most versatile player in the opening. He sometimes plays P-KKt3 on the first, sometimes on the second, sometimes on… — Harry Golombek Copy Share Image
The wisdom of the chess player is displayed more in winning over a capable opponent than a novice. The wisdom of the… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
“Grandmaster games are said to begin with novelty, which is the first move of the game that exits the book. It could… — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
If a chess statistician were to try and satisfy his curiousity over which stage of the game proved decisive in the majority… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
I don't think I have a favorite chess move, other than checkmate, because each move is part of a combination of other… — GZA Copy Share Image
“The secret to the game is that beginners—actually, intermediate players, too, and sometimes masters—they tend to look at just the one side.… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
Truth derives its strength not so much from itself as from the brilliant contrast it makes with what is only apparently true.… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
In an age when schools are facing significant budgetary restraints, there is a greater need than ever to make chess available to… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Chess strategy as such today is still in its diapers, despite Tarrasch's statement 'We live today in a beautiful time of progress… — Aron Nimzowitsch 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
I have frequently stated that I regard chess as an art form, where creativity prevails over other factors. — Vasily Smyslov 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
“In a riddle whose answer is chess, what is the only prohibited word?” — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“The art of chess is akin to the art of war itself; full of strategy and cunning, yet clever placements.” — Jennifer Megan Varnadore Copy Share Image
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
Along with my retirement from chess analytical work seems to have gone too. — Mikhail Botvinnik 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
