Chess Quotes

1355 Chess quotes by 411 unique authors

I am pleased that in a match for the World Championship I was able to conduct a game in the style of Akiba Rubinstein, where… — Boris Gelfand
The chess world is obligated to organize a match between the champion of the world and the winner of this Carlsbad tournament - indeed, this… — Aron Nimzowitsch
I love the game - and I hate the Russians because they've almost ruined it. They only risk the title when they have to, every… — Bobby Fischer
Americans really don't know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in chess. Americans like… — Bobby Fischer
The system set up by F.I.D.E. ... Insures that there will always be a Russian world champion... The Russians arranged it that way. — Bobby Fischer
... in itself the title of world champion does not give any significicant advantages, if it is not acknowledged by the entire chess world, and… — Emanuel Lasker
All that now seems to stand between Nigel and the prospect of the world crown is the unfortunate fact that fate brought him into this… — Garry Kasparov
The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to… — Mikhail Tal
When I started out playing chess as a kid I thought I should be world champion. As a kid you have no idea what that… — Viswanathan Anand
In the current FIDE World Championship, on the knock-out system, weaker players have good chances. Those, who in a long match would practically have no… — Vladimir Kramnik
I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person. — Magnus Carlsen
Nowadays games immediately appear on the Internet and thus the life of novelties is measured in hours. Modern professionals do not have the right to… — Garry Kasparov
The proponents of Steinitz' theory - Tarrasch and his supporters - tried to express Steinitz' teaching in the form of laconic rules, and as often… — Alexander Kotov
Most of all I like "bad" lines, that is those considered bad, in my opinion unjustly, by theory. The reason for the last quotation marks… — Bent Larsen
In chess so much depends on opening theory, so the champions before the last century did not know as much as I do and other… — Bobby Fischer
Show me three variations in the leading handbook on the openings, and I will show you two of those three that are defective. — Emanuel Lasker
... Tarrasch's 'dogmas' are not eternal truisms, but merely instructional material presented in an accessible and witty form, those necessary rudiments from which one can… — Garry Kasparov
It must be clearly understood that Soviet players do not seek simple systems in the opening, but try to formulate opening systems in which everything… — Mikhail Botvinnik
Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found… — Mikhail Chigorin
It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of 'variations'. — Savielly Tartakower
Lasker thought that his rationalism rendered him immune from the surprises of chess theory. — Savielly Tartakower
The best reason to abolish it, in my opinion, is that everyone should deal with his time in the best way; there is no good… — Jan Timman
Go through detailed variations in your own time, think in a general way about the position in the opponent's time and you will soon find… — Alexander Kotov
The masters and grandmasters can be divided into three groups - the inveterate time trouble merchants, those who sometimes get into trouble, and those for… — Alexander Kotov
If you can play the first ten or fifteen moves in just as many minutes, you can be in a state of bliss for the… — Alexander Kotov

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