Chess Quotes

1355 Chess quotes by 411 unique authors

But whatever you might say and whatever I might say, a machine which can play chess with people is one of the most marvellous wonders… — David Bronstein
It was an impressive achievement, of course, and a human achievement by the members of the IBM team, but Deep Blue was only intelligent the… — Garry Kasparov
Chess is far too complex to be definitively solved with any technology we can conceive of today. However, our looked-down-upon cousin, checkers, or draughts, suffered… — Garry Kasparov
Though I would have liked my chances in a rematch in 1998 if I were better prepared, it was clear then that computer superiority over… — Garry Kasparov
Ironically, the main task of chess software companies today is to find ways to make the program weaker, not stronger, and to provide enough options… — Garry Kasparov
Inevitably the machines must win, but there is still a long way to go before a human on his or her best day is unable… — Garry Kasparov
By the mid-1990s the number of people with some experience of using computers was many orders of magnitude greater than in the 1960s. In the… — Unknown Author
Today, chess programs have become so good that even grandmasters sometimes struggle to understand the logic behind some of their moves. — Kenneth Rogoff
Chess programs are our enemies, they destroy the romance of chess. They take away the beauty of the game. Everything can be calculated. — Levon Aronian
Don't worry kids, you'll find work. After all, my machine will need strong chess player-programmers. You will be the first. — Mikhail Botvinnik
For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one. — Viswanathan Anand
I don't know whether computers are improving the style of play, I know they are changing it. Chess has become a different game, one could… — Vladimir Kramnik
A lot of these ideas are built under wrong presumptions which officials have that chess players are lazy bastards whose sole idea is to deceive… — Boris Gelfand
Chess will always be in the doldrums as a spectator sport while a draw is given equal mathematical value as a decisive result. — Michael Basman
I think the draw quotient has always been high in world championship matches because the amount of effort people put into neutralizing each other's openings.… — Viswanathan Anand
The draw by stalemate looks like a spot of discontinuity in the otherwise harmonious universe of values. To save a game by letting yourself be… — Mihail Marin
If you are interested in improving, think of a draw offer as an offer to remain ignorant of what you would have learned in the… — Dan Heisman
A draw may be the beautiful and logical result of fine attacks and parries; and the public ought to appreciate such games, in contrast, of… — Bent Larsen
The fatal hour of this ancient game is approaching. In its modern form this game will soon die a drawing death - the inevitable victory… — Emanuel Lasker
A draw can be obtained not only by repeating moves, but also by one weak move. — Savielly Tartakower
Whenever Black succeeds in assuming the initiative in maintaining it to a successful conclusion, the sporting spirit of the chess lover feels gratified, because it… — Savielly Tartakower
Drawn games are sometimes more scintillating than any conclusive contest. — Savielly Tartakower
He played with enormous energy and great fighting spirit. Offering him a draw was a waste of time. He would decline it politely, but firmly.… — Lubomir Kavalek
Repeating moves in an ending can be very useful. Apart from the obvious gain of time on the clock one notices that the side with… — Unknown Author
The king is a strong piece - use it ! — Reuben Fine

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