Inevitably the machines must win, but there is still a long way to go before a human on his or her best… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The game might be divided into three parts, the opening, the middle-game and the end-game. There is one thing you must strive… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
The task of the positional player is systematically to accumulate slight advantages and try to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones, otherwise… — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
Capablanca's play produced and still produces an irresistable artistic effect. In his games a tendency towards simplicity predominated, and in this simplicity… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
“Hey, Chess, I know I’ve never dated a woman, but the thought of you leaving fills me with fucking dread. Because I… — Kristen Callihan Copy Share Image
“Once the game is over,’ ” he says, “ ‘the king and the pawn go back in the same box.’ ” “In life and death… — Lisa Renee Jones Copy Share Image
Bobby Fischer's current state of mind is indeed a tragedy. One of the worlds greatest Chess players - the pride and sorrow… — Frank Brady Copy Share Image
I started chess around the age of seven. I was inspired by the game, but soon legends like Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Anand… — Anish Giri Copy Share Image
I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a… — Vlastimil Hort Copy Share Image
“Is God the Grand Chess Master? Is life a game of strategy that I should wonder what His next move will be?… — RJ Blizzard Copy Share Image
“The chemists who uphold dualism are far from being agreed among themselves; nevertheless, all of them in maintaining their opinion, rely upon… — Auguste Laurent Copy Share Image
As Rousseau could not compose without his cat beside him, so I cannot play chess without my king's bishop. In its absense… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I would call it agony but there is a kind of cyclic frustration. You get one story right and… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Whenever Black succeeds in assuming the initiative in maintaining it to a successful conclusion, the sporting spirit of the chess lover feels… — Savielly Tartakower Copy Share Image
I had severed relations with the Romanian exiles who had become politically conservative and even extremely right wing; I was giving chess… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson. Unix was basically his, likewise C's predecessor, likewise much… — Dennis Ritchie Copy Share Image
“Like they say, the game is chess, it damn sure ain't checkers. Every move I make is so that I can conquer… — Wahida Clark Copy Share Image
Alekhine is a poet who creates a work of art out of something that would hardly inspire another man to send home… — Max Euwe Copy Share Image
Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though. — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
A lot of these ideas are built under wrong presumptions which officials have that chess players are lazy bastards whose sole idea… — Boris Gelfand 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
Jack White is an extraordinary person because he's like a three-dimensional chess player. He thinks so far ahead. — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
Imagination does not breed insanity. Exactly what does breed insanity is reason. Poets do not go mad, but chess players do. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
... Tarrasch's 'dogmas' are not eternal truisms, but merely instructional material presented in an accessible and witty form, those necessary rudiments from… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
With chess it was almost this palpable electricity that I felt. You're totally in control of your own fate. There's no luck… — Daniel Naroditsky Copy Share Image
But you see when I play a game of Bobby, there is no style. Bobby played perfectly. And perfection has no style. — Miguel Najdorf Copy Share Image
Don't worry kids, you'll find work. After all, my machine will need strong chess player-programmers. You will be the first. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
What do I do when we're not taping? Sit in a dark room and refine my plans for someday ruling Earth from… — Ryan Stiles Copy Share Image
The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still… — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
If the kids get a good grasp of what the main lessons are for chess after two or three years of staying… — Maurice Ashley Copy Share Image
Tactics involve calculations that can tax the human brain, but when you boil them down, they are actually the simplest part of… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Critical thinking is the most important factor with chess. As it is in life, you need to think before you make decisions. — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
My life story is very special. I was raised with a special family as both my parents are teachers. They decided before… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
I think death is the aesthetic part of chess, seeing your opponent's army fall. Producing a sacrifice in order to mate is… — Daniel Naroditsky Copy Share Image
“If chess has any relationship to film-making, it would be in the way it helps you develop patience and discipline in choosing… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Those chess lovers who ask me how many moves I usually calculate in advance, when making a combination, are always astonished when… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
Playing black, I put great stake in the Ruy Lopez: I liked it, feel it, and understand it; in matches with Hjartarson… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
It would be as naive to study the song of the nightingale, as it would be ridiculous to try and win a… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
