Chess Quote by Aron Nimzowitsch Download Open image “The defensive power of a pinned piece is only imaginary” — Aron Nimzowitsch ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Chess game Chess pieces Imaginary Inspirational Pieces Tactics
When you are genuinely strong, you neither attack nor defend and so retain your energy. — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
Little minds try to defend everything at once, but sensible people look at the main point only; they parry the worst blows and stand… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
You never get to pick how you get pinned and how people perceive you. — Taylor Hanson Copy Share Image
“Gichin Funakoshi (Karate-Do Kyohan) wrote, “The secret principle of martial arts is not vanquishing the attacker but resolving to avoid an encounter before its… — Iain Stuart Abernethy Copy Share Image
“It is of course also possible that the attacker is deliberately feinting to draw the parry to bind it, and will strike on the… — Guy Windsor Copy Share Image
The secret principle of martial arts is not vanquishing the attacker, but resolving to avoid an encounter before its occurrence. To become an object… — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
“The imaginary enemy is more dangerous than the real enemy, because when the real enemy is in front of you, the imaginary one is… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Defense is the stronger form with the negative object, and attack the weaker form with the positive object. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
While hitting one must guard ... In order to hit with effect, the enemy must be taken off his guard. — B. H. Liddell Hart 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
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
![“[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 was, like…” quote by Eve Babitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/18d/eve-babitz-19835_art_photographer-julian-wasser-had-this-grea_14326.jpg)
