Chess Players Quotes

35 quotes by 29 authors

I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! — Emanuel Lasker
One interesting indication of Capablanca's greatness is that to non-chess players his name was better known than the names of all other chess masters together!… — Fred Reinfeld
Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play… — Bobby Fischer
India and China are improving by leaps and bounds and it will be their chess players who will lead the revolution of the XXI century. — Judit Polgar
The only thing Chess players have in common is Chess. — Lodewijk Prins
Not all artists are Chess players, but all Chess players are artists — Marcel Duchamp
All Chess players should have a hobby — Savielly Tartakower
Bobby Fischer's current state of mind is indeed a tragedy. One of the worlds greatest Chess players - the pride and sorrow of American Chess — Frank Brady
The huge egos of great chess players are legendary. Psychologists have been amazed by their vanity, have studied it, and anecdotes concerning it are abundant.… — Israel Albert Horowitz
Chess players are madmen of a certain quality, the way the artist is supposed to be, and isn't, in general. — Marcel Duchamp
It is a well known fact that almost all the outstanding chess-players have been first-class analysts. — Mikhail Botvinnik
The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches. — 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
For us chess players the language of artist is something natural. — Vladimir Kramnik
The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a… — Daniel Levitin
Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves. — Anne Bronte
Emotional instability can be one of the factors giving rise to a failure by chess players in important duels. Under the influence of surging emotions… — Mark Dvoretsky
Most chess players know, thanks to the study of master games, that two bishops are stronger than two knights or than bishop and knight, though… — Richard Reti
Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess. — Anatoly Karpov
... far more people make a living as professional chess players today than ever before. Thanks partly to the availability of computer programs and online… — Kenneth Rogoff

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