Opening Quotes

1144 Opening quotes by 922 unique authors

Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle. — Boris Spassky
This sacrifice of a pawn nowadays is only played for drawing purposes. Especially against the very strongest masters it has proved to be quite useful… — Jan Hein Donner
All lines of play which lead to the imprisonment of the bishop are on principle to be condemned. — Siegbert Tarrasch
The Ruy Lopez occupied a constant place in my opening repertoire. In it is reflected the classical interpretation of the problem of the centre. — Vasily Smyslov
Had I not played the Sicilian with Black I could have saved myself the trouble of studying for more than 20 years all the more… — Bent Larsen
Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother? — Daniel J. King
Among top grandmasters the Dutch is a rare defense, which is good reason to play it! It has not been studied very deeply by many… — Bent Larsen
In choosing an opening plan players think most of all of harmonious development for the pieces, but sometimes leave the development of the queen out… — Alexander Kotov
Our collective future depends on opening channels of compassion, acceptance, and understanding of others. — Deepak Chopra
Your happiness is the most significant contribution that you could make. In your reaching for happiness, you are opening a vortex which makes you an… — Esther Hicks
They hold their great balls in the open air, in what is called a fairy-ring. For weeks afterward you can see the ring on the… — James M. Barrie
Ask: is what I'm doing and thinking right now bringing me closer to myself or farther away? Opening my heart or closing it? You have… — Geneen Roth
When fear dissolves, you no longer separate yourself from this single flow of immense force. Love is continuity with infinite life force, a Oneness of… — David Deida
Practicing love often means feeling through fear: intentionally opening yourself when you would rather close down, giving yourself when you would rather hide. Love means… — David Deida
A painful time in our life is what I call a healing crisis. We are letting go of something old and opening to something new. — Shakti Gawain
But should we continue to linger amid a scene so featureless and wild, or venture adown some yawning opening into the abyss beneath, where all… — Hugh Miller
The opening line from a journal can be the beginning of a song. — Judy Collins
The essence of the question is the opening up, and keeping open, of possibilities. — Hans-Georg Gadamer
In the opening a master should play like a book, in the mid-game he should play like a magician, in the ending he should play… — Rudolf Spielmann
Just as it is wrong to work on chess by studying only the first 10-15 moves, so it is wrong to play one and the… — Efim Geller
The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the… — Efim Geller
Praying and living deeply, richly and fully have become for me almost indistinguishab le. Prayer is being present, sharing love, opening life to transcendence. It… — John Shelby Spong
Once you buy the argument that some segment of the citizenry should lose their rights, just because they are envied or resented, you are putting… — Thomas Sowell
. . . God is too busy making the sun come up and go down and watching so the moon floats just right in the… — Bryce Courtenay
But there's got to be an opening somewhere here in front of me. Through this maze of ugliness and greed. — Jakob Dylan

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