Chess Quote by Garry Kasparov

If your opponent is short (on time), play just as you played earlier in the game. If you are short keep calm, I repeat,…

— Alexander Kotov

In chess it is more important to frustrate your opponent's strategy than to be obsessed with your own.

— Larry Evans

Tal's combinations often exert a sort of paralysing influence on the opponent's play. It would seem that the element of surprise plays a big…

— Mark Taimanov

If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off

— Nigel Short

In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.

— Vasily Smyslov

If your opponent cannot do anything active, then don't rush the position; instead you should let him sit there, suffer, and beg you for…

— Jeremy Silman

I can remember a case where Capablanca worked out an impressive combination, but then chose to make a simple move in answer to which…

— Alexander Kotov

My favourite victory is when it is not even clear where my opponent made a mistake.

— Peter Leko

Ultimately, what separates a winner from a loser at the grandmaster level is the willingness to do the unthinkable. A brilliant strategy is, certainly,…

— Garry Kasparov

I'm not scared of any opponent. I fight who I want to fight.

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr

Fire only at close range, and only when your opponent is properly in your sights.

— Oswald Boelcke

If your opponent is playing several shots in vain attempts to extricate himself from a bunker, do not stand near him and audibly count…

— Harry Vardon