Chess Quote by Leonid Shamkovich Download Open image “A great chess player always has a very good memory.” — Leonid Shamkovich ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Chess players Good memories Memories Memory Player Success Very good
Alekhine evidently possesses the most remarkable chess memory that has ever existed. It is said that he remembers by heart all the games played… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
I think a player constantly improves his understanding of chess with experience. — Yasser Seirawan Copy Share Image
By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized... — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense. — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa. — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
Chess may be the deepest, least exhaustible of pastimes, but it is nothing more. As for a chess genius, he is a human being… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
You know I'm finished with the old chess because it's all just a lot of book and memorization you know. — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
In modern praxis lost positions are salvaged most often when the play is highly complicated with many sharp dynamic variations to be calculated. — Leonid Shamkovich Copy Share Image
Lack of proper endgame technique allows many players to escape from lost positions, even without any spectacular play on their part. — Leonid Shamkovich Copy Share Image
Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistable. — Leonid Shamkovich Copy Share Image
The proper timing of an attacking plan is a difficult matter which places great strain on a player's nerves. Mastery of this art is… — Leonid Shamkovich Copy Share Image
The endgame is an arena in which miraculous escapes are not uncommon. — Leonid Shamkovich Copy Share Image
A real sacrifice involves a radical change in the character of a game which cannot be effected without foresight, fantasy, and the willingness to… — Leonid Shamkovich 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
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