“In their figurative game of chess, Anthony Rawlings had Claire in check. Every move she made, he countered.” — Aleatha Romig 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
One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
“To many people chess is an extreme sport. It requires a lot of thinking.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
I just think we should look at this as a chess match," he said, "between the world's greatest chess player and Garry… — Lou Gerstner Copy Share Image
You have, let us say, a promising politician, a rising artist that you wish to destroy. Dagger or bomb are archaic, clumsy… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
Think of golf as chess. You have to think two or three moves ahead every time you hit the ball. Over every… — Gary McCord Copy Share Image
The key in terms of mental ability is chess. There's never been a woman Grand Master chess player. Once you get one,… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
Next to the intellectual stimulation of chess, the educational value is of great importance. Chess teaches logic, imagination, self-discipline, and determination. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I haven't played a chess match for several decades. At one point I lost most of my chess games. Then I realized… — John Harsanyi Copy Share Image
The range of circumstances in which it is possible to presuppose the presence of a combination is very limited. The presence of… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The game of chess. Supposedly men made it up, and it's about war and men and the ravages and the bravery and… — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
Work, as we usually think of it, is energy expended for a further end in view; play is energy expended for its… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
“Yeah, I lied and I shouldn’t have and it was lousy of me and I’m sorry. I never meant to hurt you,… — Stacia Kane Copy Share Image
It's the fault of the chess players themselves. I don't know what they used to be, but now they're not the most… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
I was very competitive growing up. I can't even play chess anymore because I used to play tournament chess in school. There's… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
No fantasy, however rich, no technique, however masterly, no penetration into the psychology of the opponent, however deep, can make a chess… — Vasily Smyslov Copy Share Image
As a journalist, I cannot help imagining with excitement a new era with a face-off between Hedi Slimane at YSL and Raf… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think that the people who really enjoy chess are the dubs and the duffers, experts who have… — Alfred Kreymborg Copy Share Image
Malina looked incredulous. "Are you anything more than a Druid?" "Of course I am. I own this shop and I play a… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
