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 have always had a slight feeling of pity for man who has no knowledge of chess. — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw. — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
You may have the bishop pair but I have the ultimate advantage; I am the better player! — John Adams Copy Share Image
It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
The laws of chess are as beautiful as those governing the universe - and as deadly. — Katherine Neville Copy Share Image
Chess is a game where all different sorts of people can come together, not a game in which people are divided because… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
If you are serious about being a professional chess player, do know what your parents think and what their expectations are from… — Anish Giri Copy Share Image
Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess. — Mikhail Tal Copy Share Image
When you play against an experienced opponent who exploits all the defensive resources at his command you sometimes have to walk time… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
The psychological effects of having to hold a prospectless position for what might seem an infinite amount of time does nothing to… — Michael Stean Copy Share Image
On the whole, the life of a chess professional is not as easy as it appears at first sight. One needs to… — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
We should praise, rather, the courage of the player who, relying only on his intuition, plunges into a brilliant combination of which… — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Copy Share Image
Chess is a more highly symbolic game, but the aggressions are therefore even more frankly represented in the play. It probably began… — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
Television is like speed chess, as you have no time and no money. It is like trying to play Grandmaster chess with… — Dean Devlin Copy Share Image
Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Well, I kind of split my life into two pieces. One was where my chess career lies. There, I kept my sanity,… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
I cannot claim to thoroughly enjoy coaching, because it is very hard work if you are even moderately conscientious. Nevertheless it does… — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against his will, whose notion of Beauty always differs from yours and whose means (strength, imagination, technique)… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
[Professor Bragg asserts that] In sodium chloride there appear to be no molecules represented by NaCl. The equality in number of sodium… — Henry Edward Armstrong Copy Share Image
“You have a friend named Bug?” “Sure. Why wouldn’t I?” Chess asked. “I have another friend who keeps telling me to call… — J.M. Sullivan Copy Share Image
![“[Professor Bragg asserts that] In sodium chloride there appear to be no molecules represented by NaCl. The equality in number of sodium and chlorine atoms is arrived at by a chess-board pattern of these atoms; it is a result of geometry and not of a pairing-off of the atoms.” quote by Henry Edward Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/henry-edward-armstrong-46976_atoms_professor-bragg-asserts-that-in-sodium-c_999839.jpg)
