Chess Quotes

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Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can't separate body from mind — Bobby Fischer
I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed — Emanuel Lasker
Its just you and your opponent at the board and you're trying to prove something — Bobby Fischer
It is the aim of the modern school, not to treat every position according to one general law, but according to the principle inherent in… — Richard Reti
The Pawns are the soul of the game — Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
Without error there can be no brilliancy — Emanuel Lasker
Chess is like war on a board — Bobby Fischer
The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the game: Opening,… — Michael Stean
You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances — Bobby Fischer
Could we look into the head of a Chess player, we should see there a whole world of feelings, images, ideas, emotion and passion — Alfred Binet
My style is somewhere between that of Tal and Petrosian — Samuel Reshevsky
That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one — Bobby Fischer
Some part of a mistake is always correct — Savielly Tartakower
Methodical thinking is of more use in Chess than inspiration — Cecil Purdy
Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces — Unknown Author
The mistakes are there, waiting to be made — Savielly Tartakower
There are tough players and nice guys, and I'm a tough player — Bobby Fischer
I am the best player in the world and I am here to prove it — Bobby Fischer
Chess is a forcing house where the fruits of character can ripen more fully than in life — E. M. Forster
Good positions don't win games, good moves do — Gerald Abrahams

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