Chess Quotes

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The boy (then a 12 year old boy named Anatoly Karpov)doesn't have a clue about Chess, and there's no future at all for him in… — Mikhail Botvinnik
As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent — Jose Raul Capablanca
Though most people love to look at the games of the great attacking masters, some of the most successful players in history have been the… — Yasser Seirawan
Look at Garry Kasparov. After he loses, invariably he wins the next game. He just kills the next guy. That's something that we have to… — Maurice Ashley
Chess is a more highly symbolic game, but the aggressions are therefore even more frankly represented in the play. It probably began as a war… — Karl A. Menninger
No Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness — Viktor Korchnoi
I'd rather have a Pawn than a finger — Reuben Fine
Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately — Mikhail Botvinnik
If your opponent cannot do anything active, then don't rush the position; instead you should let him sit there, suffer, and beg you for a… — Jeremy Silman
The Chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chessboard, express their beauty abstractly,… — Marcel Duchamp
Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when… — Stanley Kubrick
You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one — Mikhail Tal
When your house is on fire, you cant be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in Chess, if your King is under attack… — Garry Kasparov
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,… — Alexander Alekhine
Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player — Siegbert Tarrasch
What is the object of playing a gambit opening?... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game — Siegbert Tarrasch
Pawns: they are the soul of this game, they alone form the attack and defense — Francois-Andre Danican Philidor
In Chess, at least, the brave inherit the earth — Edmar Mednis
There are two classes of men; those who are content to yield to circumstances and who play whist; those who aim to control circumstances, and… — Mortimer Collins
The tactician must know what to do whenever something needs doing; the strategist must know what to do when nothing needs doing — Savielly Tartakower

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