Chess Quote by Alexander Alekhine Download Open image “I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.” — Alexander Alekhine ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Education Eight Hours Principles Study
On the whole, the life of a chess professional is not as easy as it appears at first sight. One needs to devote some… — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
You have to accustom yourself to practical study at home, you have to devote time to studies, to the history of chess, the development… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
The 10,000-hours rule says that if you look at any kind of cognitively complex field, from playing chess to being a neurosurgeon, we see… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
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
Spending most of my time on chess there is not much else I can be much good at but I enjoy spending time with… — Anish Giri Copy Share Image
I attend to my fitness. I go the gym every day and try to maintain my physical fitness; without that, it is tough to… — Viswanathan Anand 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 Image
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… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“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… — Russell Blake Copy Share Image
[Photographer Julian Wasser] had this great idea that I should play chess naked with Marcel Duchamp and it seem to be such a great… — Eve Babitz Copy Share Image
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
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