Checks Quote by Aron Nimzowitsch Download Open image “Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check!” — Aron Nimzowitsch ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Checks Chess Double check Faces Kings
Be cautious of playing your Queen in front of your King and in subjecting yourself to a discovered check. It is better when check… — Howard Staunton Copy Share Image
Every king sleeps, but not every king wakes up as king! The snakes of the intrigue crawl around during the night! The cleverest king… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed king can still goof up. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
“Kings kill; jesters don’t; therefore the jesters of the kings are more valuable than the kings!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“I wonder,” he says, “how it can be that, though all these people think they know the king’s pleasure, the king finds himself at… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Like looking down on a lubricious chess set, isn't it? The king moves in tiny steps, with no direction, like a drunkard trying to… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
It takes so much to be a king that he exists only as such. That extraneous glare that surrounds him hides him and conceals… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“The King and Queen hid in a secret cupboard in their bedroom for two hours, listening to the searchers grow cold, then warm, then… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Many men, many styles; what is chess style but the intangible expression of the will to win. — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
The chess world is obligated to organize a match between the champion of the world and the winner of this Carlsbad tournament - indeed,… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
Chess strategy as such today is still in its diapers, despite Tarrasch's statement 'We live today in a beautiful time of progress in all… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents. — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it. — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
Giving up the center must not here be regarded as illogical. Was happiness no happiness because it endured for just a short time? One… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
If in a battle, I seize a bit of debatable land with a handful of soldiers, without having done anything to prevent an enemy… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
The knight of QB3 is under obligation, the moment the enemy gives him the chance, of undertaking an invasion of the center by Kn-Q5. — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
How is it to be explained that something inside me revolts against the playing of obvious moves? Perhaps we may perceive the underlying reason… — Aron Nimzowitsch Copy Share Image
Check out the albums, ... Check out the live performances. That's the reality of it all. Music is such an energizing thing. — John Mayall Copy Share Image
When the fountains of government [borrowing] abundance began to dry up, when through lack of funds and the impossibility of negotiating fresh loans the… — John T. Flynn Copy Share Image
Even with clothing naked animals, there were people who wanted to send in money. A woman in Santa Barbara, California, sent a $40,000 check.… — Alan Abel Copy Share Image
I gave birth to most of them MC's... So when it comes around to the month of May, Send me your royalty check for… — Roxanne Shante Copy Share Image
Two things you need to know about taxes. They've extended the deadline to April 18, and when you write your check, just make it… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
The first thing you ought to do is verify what I present. Just because I say it doesn't make it true. So check it… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It's a constant man-ego-check going on in the streets, in this world. — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
Well, a lot of our concerts do okay, and I know we still get royalty checks which still isn't that important, but again, I… — Bruce Johnston Copy Share Image
The things of the world are ever rising and falling, and in perpetual change; and this change must be according to the will of… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
If you find your feet dragging, check your path. You are probably on the wrong one. — Philip Toshio Sudo Copy Share Image
The American people reject the idea of giving Washington a blank check to increase the debt limit. — Martha Roby Copy Share Image