Chess Quote by Alexander Alekhine Download Open image “Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.” — Alexander Alekhine ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Firsts Goals Objectivity Teach
Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively… — Stanley Kubrick 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 to restrain… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Among a great many other things that chess teaches you is to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized... — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to… — Garry Kasparov 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
The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance,… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give. — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that Capablanca possessed… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
I did not believe I was superior to him. Perhaps the chief reason for his defeat was the overestimation of his own powers arising… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions. It makes little… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey. — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
For my victory over Capablanca I am indebted primarily to my superiority in the field of psychology. Capablanca played, relying almost exclusively on his… — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself. — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share
Real chessplayers think about chess more or less 24 hours a day. It is a passion and a fate that one has to live… — Simen Agdestein Copy Share Image
It's interesting that the greatest minds of computer science, the founding fathers, like Alan Turing and Claude Shannon and Norbert Wiener, they all looked at chess as the ultimate test. So they thought, "Oh, if a machine can play chess, and beat strong players, set aside a world champion, that would be the sign of a dawn of the AI… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share
“Relationships are chess for women," he said. "They can see the whole board, plan way ahead. They're the queens, after all. We're the kings,… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
The election of Trump threw the chess board up. The pieces are all over the place. That's upsetting to a lot of people, but… — Dave Rubin 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
“the shadows. “Why do you think they invented chess?” “He’s got you there,” said the captain, following Fletcher. Jake jogged slightly to catch up as Captain Chenoweth continued. “These guys are exactly who we need to get you to your destination. They’ve got contacts throughout the area, and we should be able to slip through without anyone even knowing we’re… — Russell Blake Copy Share
[Photographer Julian Wasser] had this great idea that I should play chess naked with Marcel Duchamp and it seem to be such a great idea that it was just like the best idea I'd ever heard in my life. It was like a great idea. I mean, it was - Not only was it vengeance, it was art, and it… — Eve Babitz Copy Share
I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
My parents were very supportive of my chess. When I got home after a game of chess, having missed school or something, they always… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
