Opening Quotes

1144 quotes by 922 authors

Whatever machine you use, however sophisticated your technology , it's ideas that count. In the beginning was the idea. No machine will give you the… — Unknown Author
The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it. — Graeme Le Saux
In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves,… — Jose Raul Capablanca
The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters. — Jose Raul Capablanca
The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a very… — Jose Raul Capablanca
The game might be divided into three parts, the opening, the middle-game and the end-game. There is one thing you must strive for, to be… — Jose Raul Capablanca
Ninety percent of the book variations have no great value, because either they contain mistakes or they are based on fallacious assumptions; just forget about… — Jose Raul Capablanca
There's no magic bullet; there's no pill that you take that makes everything great and makes you happy all the time. I'm letting go of… — Anne Hathaway
Capablanca did not apply himself to opening theory (in which he never therefore achieved much), but delved deeply into the study of end-games and other… — Max Euwe
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
The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the game: Opening,… — Michael Stean
What is the object of playing a gambit opening?... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game — Siegbert Tarrasch
I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings — Wilhelm Steinitz
I'll not hurt thee, says Uncle Toby, rising with the fly in his hand. Go, he says, opening the window to let it escape. Why… — Laurence Sterne
He first selected the smallest one...and then bowed his head as though he were saying grace. Opening his mouth very wide, he struggled for a… — William Makepeace Thackeray
I've always been infuriated by Bertie, I have to say. I never appreciated his style of politics. I thought it was very superficial, running around… — Lucinda Creighton
Education tends to be diagrammatic and categorical, opening up no sluices in the human imagination on the wonder of the beauty of our unique estate… — Norman Cousins
(Discouragement) Can be temporary-or it can destroy our life. The choice is ours. If we refuse to deal with discouragement head-on, we are opening the… — Charles Stanley
Some people stay away from the door for the chance of it opening up. — Billy Joel
In that moment of salvation, of belief, they are opening their lives to the person of Jesus. — Paul Washer

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