Chess Quote by Lajos Portisch Download Open image “Your only task in the opening is to reach a playable middlegame.” — Lajos Portisch ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Inspirational Opening Tasks
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… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
I detest the endgame. A well-played game should be practically decided in the middlegame. — Dawid Janowski Copy Share Image
It is well known I prefer to play through the middle, so when I get my opportunity, I just want to show what I… — Danny Welbeck Copy Share Image
What's important is you mustn't focus too early and try to play the game before it actually begins. — Didier Deschamps Copy Share Image
In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
I think the first thing is that if you're going to make a game which is accessible and which draws people in, you've got… — Peter Molyneux Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, be in the game as the game's ending. That's the most important part. — Will Muschamp Copy Share Image
One of the objectives of opening play is to try to surprise your opponent. — Edmar Mednis Copy Share Image
A deliberate choice on my part was for the player to continue to find new possibilities in the early Attic rooms far into the… — Graham Nelson Copy Share Image
The best way to win is to play well early or late in the game. The middle part tends to take care of itself. — Tony La Russa Copy Share Image
To all players I can recommend the following: simplicity and economy. These are the characteristics of the opening systems of many great masters... A… — Lajos Portisch 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
![“[Photographer Julian Wasser] had this great idea that I should play chess naked with Marcel Duchamp and it seem to be such a great idea that it was just like the best idea I'd ever heard in my life. It was like a great idea. I mean, it was - Not only was it vengeance, it was art, and it was, like…” quote by Eve Babitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/18d/eve-babitz-19835_art_photographer-julian-wasser-had-this-grea_14326.jpg)
