Chess Quotes

1355 Chess quotes by 411 unique authors

Time trouble is blunder time. — Alexander Kotov
If your opponent is short (on time), play just as you played earlier in the game. If you are short keep calm, I repeat, don't… — Alexander Kotov
Even when the time control has been reached, there is one situation where you want to act as if it has not: when your position… — Edmar Mednis
Bobby Fischer started off each game with a great advantage: after the opening he had used less time than his opponent and thus had more… — Edmar Mednis
Kortchnoi's heritage is many-faceted - over the decades he has several times corrected and changed his style. But the main thing has invariably remained his… — Garry Kasparov
Truth derives its strength not so much from itself as from the brilliant contrast it makes with what is only apparently true. This applies especially… — Emanuel Lasker
I was labeled as a tricky player early on and have been regarded as tricky throughout my whole career. It was said that I was… — Judit Polgar
... the woman who grows up with the idea that she is simply to be an amiable animal, to be caressed and coaxed, is invariably… — Charles Dickens
There can be no finer example of the inspiring powers of competition to shatter the status quo than Hungary's Judit Polgar. — Garry Kasparov
Thanks to the Polgars the adjective 'men's' before events and the 'affirmative action' women's titles such as Woman Grandmaster have become anachronisms. — Garry Kasparov
If there were a 1:1 ratio of women and men in the chess world I would agree that all tournaments should be integrated. But a… — Jennifer Shahade
I could give any woman in the world a piece and a move; to Gaprindashvili even, a knight. — Bobby Fischer
Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight! — Mikhail Tal
I have always felt that Judit was a relatively slow starter, though she is extremely motivated, diligent, hard-working, and disciplined towards her goals in chess… — Susan Polgar
It's very important not to put pressure on a child. Make sure that she/he feels that whatever happens it's not the end of the world.… — Judit Polgar
I address these hopes to all young players. It seems to me that they often begin too early the strict life of a professional, without… — Sergei Shipov
When you're good at something, you should continue to do it. Too many players have stopped at a relatively young age ... — Jan Timman
I don't know if people know this but I am pretty good at chess. I was always on the chess team at school when I… — Justin Bieber
Ridicule can do much, for instance embitter the existence of young talents. — Aron Nimzowitsch
It is a delight to watch a young and gifted chess player. To him have come no sinister experiences; to him continual carping care is… — Richard Reti
Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience. — Samuel Reshevsky
When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical… — Vladimir Kramnik
Here are some of the questions and answers to an examination paper in chess that was given some time ago — Siegbert Tarrasch
Chess cannot be taught. Chess can only be learned. — Mikhail Botvinnik
All I ever want to do is just play chess. — Bobby Fischer

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