Chess Player Quotes

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Charles Babbage proposed to make an automaton chess-player which should register mechanically the number of games lost and gained in consequence of every sort of… — William Stanley Jevons
Reductio ad absurdum, which Euclid loved so much, is one of a mathematician's finest weapons. It is a far finer gambit than any chess play:… — G. H. Hardy
She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright… — Kate Chopin
When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who knew Capablanca, because… — Bobby Fischer
When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a magnetic field of forces, charged… — Arthur Koestler
For me, Chess is life and every game is like a new life. Every chess player gets to live many lives in one lifetime. — Eduard Gufeld
Could we look into the head of a Chess player, we should see there a whole world of feelings, images, ideas, emotion and passion — Alfred Binet
A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player — Bobby Fischer
Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player — Siegbert Tarrasch
Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player — Max Euwe
The enormous mental resilience, without which no Chess player can exist, was so much taken up by Chess that he could never free his mind… — Albert Einstein
There's never before been a Chess player with such a thorough knowledge of the intricacies of the game and such an absolutely indomitable will to… — Lisa Lane
The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of… — Emanuel Lasker
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
The key in terms of mental ability is chess. There's never been a woman Grand Master chess player. Once you get one, then I'll buy… — Pat Robertson
My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life. — Magnus Carlsen
Genius is a starry word; but if there ever was a chess player to whom that attribute applied, it was Paul Morphy. — Andrew Soltis
As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine. — Levon Aronian
I spend around one hour per day on physical exercise. Exercise is a must for every chess player. As the proverb says, 'A sound mind… — Humpy Koneru
Analysis is a glittering opportunity for training: it is just here that capacity for work, perseverence and stamina are cultivated, and these qualities are, in… — Lev Polugaevsky

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