All Alexander Alekhine Quotes
- Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. All
- I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. All
- I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees. Accept
- Chess is a matter of vanity. Chess
- Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that Capablanca possessed in… All
- Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the like of whom we will… Capablanca
- I did not believe I was superior to him. Perhaps the chief reason for his defeat was the overestimation of his own powers arising out… Arising
- During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk Beast
- When asked, -How is that you pick better moves than your opponents?, I responded: I'm very glad you asked me that, because, as it happens,… Answer
- For success I consider three factors are necessary: firstly, an awareness of my own strengths and weaknesses; secondly, an accurate understanding of my opponent's strengths… Accurate
- The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give. Able
- In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without… Every Sort
- Chess is not only knowledge and logic Chess
- The fact that a player is very short of time is to my mind, as little to be considered as an excuse as, for instance,… Breaker
- I do not play chess – I fight at chess. Therefore, I willingly combine the tactical with the strategic, the fantastic with the scientific, the… Aim
- I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure… Always Conjure
- Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy. Board
- I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty. Achievement
- For my victory over Capablanca I am indebted primarily to my superiority in the field of psychology. Capablanca played, relying almost exclusively on his rich… Almost Exclusively
- Psychology is the most important factor in chess. Chess
- Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against his will, whose notion of Beauty always differs from yours and whose means (strength, imagination, technique) are often too… Always Differs
- You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself. Big
- Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non! Chess
- Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its… Adherents
- Young players expose themselves to grave risks when they blindly imitate the innovations of masters without themselves first checking all the details and consequences of… All