Chess Quotes

1355 Chess quotes by 411 unique authors

In Kansas I have a chess school — Anatoly Karpov
After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As… — Anatoly Karpov
The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches. — Anatoly Karpov
I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event — Anatoly Karpov
By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves,… — Anatoly Karpov
Botvinnik's right! When he says such things, then he's right. Usually, I prefer not to study chess but to play it. For me chess is… — Mikhail Tal
Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess. — Mikhail Tal
To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess. — Mikhail Tal
Chess is a unique battlefield for human minds and computers - human intuition, our creativity, fantasy, our logic, versus the brute force of calculation and… — Garry Kasparov
In an age when schools are facing significant budgetary restraints, there is a greater need than ever to make chess available to as many students… — Garry Kasparov
The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess â€“ and in business and in life in general â€“ is not… — Garry Kasparov
I am more strongly confirmed than ever in the belief that the time devoted to chess is literally frittered away. — Paul Morphy
The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life. — Paul Morphy
Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways. — Vladimir Kramnik
For us chess players the language of artist is something natural. — Vladimir Kramnik
I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he succeeds in mastering… — Vladimir Kramnik
It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position — Vladimir Kramnik
Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big aims,… — Vladimir Kramnik
Football is a chess game to me. If you move your pawn against my bishop, I'll counter that move to beat you. Football is the… — Junior Seau
I definitely miss the rush from wiping out an opponent. — Bruce Pandolfini

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