Chess Quote by G. H. Hardy Download Open image “A chess problem is an exercise in pure mathematics.” — G. H. Hardy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Exercise Fitness Mathematics Problem Problem solving
A chess problem is genuine mathematics, but it is in some way "trivial" mathematics. However, ingenious and intricate, however original and surprising the moves,… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
Chess is not Mathematics, where ten is always more than one; in chess the King with a pawn can beat opponent's King with all… — Ashot Nadanian Copy Share Image
Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways. — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of mathematics -… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
“had explicitly been concerned to treat mathematics as if it were a chess game, without asking for a connection with the world. That question… — Andrew Hodges Copy Share Image
Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Cricket is the only game where you are playing against eleven of the other side and ten of your own. — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
The "seriousness" of a mathematical theorem lies, not in its practical consequences, which are usually negligible, but in the significance of the mathematical ideas… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
No discovery of mine has made, or is likely to make, directly or indirectly, for good or ill, the least difference to the amenity… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
It is a melancholy experience for a professional mathematician to find himself writing about mathematics. The function of a mathematician is to do something,… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics. — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
They [formulae 1.10 - 1.12 of Ramanujan] must be true because, if they were not true, no one would have had the imagination to invent them. — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
When the world is mad, a mathematician may find in mathematics an incomparable anodyne. For mathematics is, of all the arts and sciences, the… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
Asked if he believes in one G-d, a mathematician answered: "Yes, up to isomorphism". — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
No one should ever be bored. … One can be horrified, or disgusted, but one can’t be bored. — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
I propose to put forward an apology for mathematics; and I may be told that it needs none, since there are now few studies… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
For my part, it is difficult for me to say what I owe to Ramanujan - his originality has been a constant source of… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Real chessplayers think about chess more or less 24 hours a day. It is a passion and a fate that one has to live… — Simen Agdestein Copy Share Image
It's interesting that the greatest minds of computer science, the founding fathers, like Alan Turing and Claude Shannon and Norbert Wiener, they all looked… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“Relationships are chess for women," he said. "They can see the whole board, plan way ahead. They're the queens, after all. We're the kings,… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
The election of Trump threw the chess board up. The pieces are all over the place. That's upsetting to a lot of people, but… — Dave Rubin Copy Share Image
Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan. — Alexander Alekhine Copy Share Image
“the shadows. “Why do you think they invented chess?” “He’s got you there,” said the captain, following Fletcher. Jake jogged slightly to catch up… — Russell Blake Copy Share Image
[Photographer Julian Wasser] had this great idea that I should play chess naked with Marcel Duchamp and it seem to be such a great… — Eve Babitz Copy Share Image
I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
My parents were very supportive of my chess. When I got home after a game of chess, having missed school or something, they always… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image