Better player Quote by Emanuel Lasker

I started playing chess in the Eighties, but it is only recently that people have begun to appreciate the importance of physical exercise for…

— Judit Polgar

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

— Siegbert Tarrasch

I was a professional chess player in Romania, but only a small-time master. When I came to France, I continued playing chess for many…

— Dumitru Tepeneag

Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big…

— Vladimir Kramnik

Any experienced player knows how a change in the character of the play influences your psychological mood.

— Garry Kasparov

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game

— Siegbert Tarrasch

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

What is the object of playing a gambit opening?... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

The Indians and Chinese have become brilliant chess professionals. They get on a plane and play all over the world. This has led to…

— Kenneth Rogoff

I'll be the judge of when I can't play anymore.

— George Blanda

I am the best to judge when I play well and when I don't.

— Marcos Alonso

Judge me on how I play football, or judge me on when you meet me.

— Ashley Cole