Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess. — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
You know I'm finished with the old chess because it's all just a lot of book and memorization you know. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Every month I look through some ten thousand games, so not as to miss any new ideas and trends. — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
Wilhelm Steinitz was the first man to appreciate the inherent logic behind the game of chess. — William Hartston Copy Share Image
In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness. — Savielly Tartakower Copy Share Image
After a bad opening, there is hope for the middle game. After a bad middle game, there is hope for the endgame.… — Edmar Mednis Copy Share Image
Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Chess is not Mathematics, where ten is always more than one; in chess the King with a pawn can beat opponent's King… — Ashot Nadanian Copy Share Image
Playing chess has many aspects that can be useful in everyday situations like planning, concentration and combinations. You learn to win but… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
The business of the endgame is maneuvring to control critical squares, advancing or blockading passed pawns, preparing a breakthrough by the king,… — Pal Benko Copy Share Image
Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
It is very difficult to play a single blitz game! You want to play for a long time. So I tend not… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful,… — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
Combinations have always been the most intriguing aspect of Chess. The masters look for them, the public applauds them, the critics praise… — Reuben Fine Copy Share Image
The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of… — Michael Stean Copy Share Image
I really enjoy playing with someone else and whether it's chess or tennis or games, I love card games. I love that,… — Hilary Swank Copy Share Image
A lot of novelists start late-Conrad, Pirandello, even Mark Twain. When you're young, chess is all right, and music and poetry. But… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
It's hard to explain what happens when jazz and punk fuse with a violin twist but it works. Probably because Anson Choi… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Between now and when we graduate next year there are at least ten weeks' holiday and five random public holidays. There's email… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“She’d fucked him over hardcore. She’d betrayed him and she’d lied to him, and she knew that as far as he was… — Stacia Kane Copy Share Image
“When you ask what are electrons and protons I ought to answer that this question is not a profitable one to ask… — Paul A.M. Dirac Copy Share Image
Life is very much about making the best decisions you can. So I think chess is very valuable. — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
A draw can be obtained not only by repeating moves, but also by one weak move. — Savielly Tartakower Copy Share Image
Coaching secrets? I don't think I got any. The main "secret" - love for chess. — Ashot Nadanian Copy Share Image
As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine. — Levon Aronian Copy Share Image
My favourite victory is when it is not even clear where my opponent made a mistake. — Peter Leko Copy Share Image
Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa. — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Today, chess programs have become so good that even grandmasters sometimes struggle to understand the logic behind some of their moves. — Kenneth Rogoff Copy Share Image
The Chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chessboard, express… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning… — Samuel Reshevsky Copy Share Image
In my view, the fact that computers caught up to humans and completely dominate humans in chess and some other domains already,… — Jaan Tallinn Copy Share Image
When I was born, I lived with my dad for two years. I was always watching him on a tennis court as… — Redfoo Copy Share Image
My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess,… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
Seville never had a rich chess tradition. Valencia is entirely different, it is enough to say that one of the city squares… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and… — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Copy Share Image
If one would cancel all traffic rules and switch off all traffic lights, watching city traffic on TV would be also awfully… — Oleg Romanishin Copy Share Image
