My father would never let me win at chess, so when I did beat him he was really, really proud. I was… — Rachel Reeves Copy Share Image
In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help… — Charles Buxton Copy Share Image
I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to say, the… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
Not winning a tournament is not an option for me, unless it's no longer theoretically possible - then of course winning becomes… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
“Pawns are such fascinating pieces, too...So small, almost insignificant, and yet--they can depose kings. Don't you find that interesting?” — Lavie Tidhar Copy Share Image
“There had been a few times over the past year when she felt like this, with her mind not only dizzied but… — Walter Tevis Copy Share Image
You know what the game of golf is, don't you? It's basketball for people who can't jump and chess for people who… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move to beat you.… — Junior Seau Copy Share Image
If in a battle, I seize a bit of debatable land with a handful of soldiers, without having done anything to prevent… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
Once upon a time supporters of the Steinitz-Tarrasch school had a very high opinion of a queen-side pawn majority. Modern strategy on… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
There is no one 'best set-up', there are many - you can get to mate in endless ways. And - don't forget!… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
[Some of the people I'd met] were wonderful people as human beings, and some people were more difficult. I could not see… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Because I have a passion for the play. My father was a chess teacher, and I learned the play of him as… — Carmen Kass Copy Share Image
I ... have two vocations: chess and engineering. If I played chess only, I believe that my success would not have been… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
The Possibilities in racing tactics are almost unlimited, as in a game of chess, for every move there is a counter, for… — Franz Stampfl Copy Share Image
Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the like of… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
Seem to be telling this, but really telling that. Three-dimensional writing, like three-dimensional chess. Nabokov was the other master of that. You… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
You see, in chess we have styles - like in any other field. There are also fashions in the kinds of systems… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just reading about the various opinions concerning the conduct of the recent championship matches convinces me that the only thing to which… — Arpad Elo Copy Share Image
In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a… — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
Anatoli Tarasov, the guy that created the Soviet style of play, was a visionary. He was a creative thinker. He studied ballet… — Gabe Polsky Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that the reason for my awful oversight was over-confidence that sapped my sense of danger. So that is… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
Its just a pawn ; but, in the end game, one can use a pawn with more potential and power, than a… — Gary A Shoop Copy Share Image
...for chess, that superb, cold, infinitely satisfying anodyne to life, I feel the ardour of a lover, the humility of a disciple. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I view the director as my boss. I'm the pawn on the chess board. I don't say something to the director easily,… — Jennifer Lawrence Copy Share Image
When you have a World Champion in your smartphone, the myth of the superior brainpower of human chess champions has lost its… — Hans Ree Copy Share Image
The true sweetness of chess, if it ever can be sweet, is to see a victory snatched, by some happy impertinence, out… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Capablanca's phenomenal move-searching algorithm in those early years, when he possessed a wonderful ability for calculating variations very rapidly, made him invincible. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
“AI will begin as Artificial Idiocy . Who cares if a computer can play chess or take control of cyberspace? Can it… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
Yeah, there are too many Jews in chess. They seem to have taken away the class of the game. They don't seem… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
Playing chess can make you a better poker player because it forces you to think several moves ahead. That kind of intense… — Daniel Negreanu Copy Share Image
Once we have chosen the right formation in the centre we have created opportunities for our pieces and laid the foundation of… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
I got the chess bug when I was finishing high school, we were doing chess tournaments at my house. I never got… — Paul Banks Copy Share Image
Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan. — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
Chess is like a delicious drug which offers such heavenly delights that they can never tear themselves away from it completely. — Reuben Fine Copy Share Image
I have always felt that Judit was a relatively slow starter, though she is extremely motivated, diligent, hard-working, and disciplined towards her… — Susan Polgar Copy Share Image
... I bid farewell to my readers in the hope that they have formed their own opinion as to the meaning of… — Raymond Keene Copy Share Image
Chess can help a child develop logical thinking, decision making, reasoning, and pattern recognition skills, which in turn can help math and… — Susan Polgar Copy Share Image
Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to… — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
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