Chess Quote by Alexander Alekhine

The sound of the '90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street - it's a feeling.

— Nas

The pawn is the soul of chess.

— Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

The majority of people imagine a chess master as being a townsman who passes his life in an atmosphere of smoke and play in…

— Richard Reti

I can remember a case where Capablanca worked out an impressive combination, but then chose to make a simple move in answer to which…

— Alexander Kotov

Tal's combinations often exert a sort of paralysing influence on the opponent's play. It would seem that the element of surprise plays a big…

— Mark Taimanov

The range of circumstances in which it is possible to presuppose the presence of a combination is very limited. The presence of such circumstances…

— Emanuel Lasker

After a great deal of discussion in Soviet literature about the correct definition of a combination, it was decided that from the point of…

— Alexander Kotov

A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult, but almost…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

When I am trying to understand the method of winning in the endgame with two bishops against the knight, chess is a science, when…

— Ashot Nadanian

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

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

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