Chess Quote by Leonid Shamkovich

The task of the positional player is systematically to accumulate slight advantages and try to convert temporary advantages into permanent ones, otherwise the player…

— Wilhelm Steinitz

The idea of a rupture between acts occurs in a number of my plays.

— Richard Greenberg

The play-maker is the most difficult position because you have to always know where everyone is on the pitch.

— Rafael van der Vaart

“The list of adjustments, especially in live poker, goes on and on. This is the great value of Cichy's book. By using optimal play…

— Ben Saxton

To play this position you have to have durability.

— Teddy Bridgewater

Lack of proper endgame technique allows many players to escape from lost positions, even without any spectacular play on their part.

— Leonid Shamkovich

When I have two strikers in front of me, I have fewer possibilities on the sides to widen the play. But it's easiest to…

— Thorgan Hazard

Im not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, Im rather happy to say-it leaves me something to…

— Edward Albee

There is a great amount of precision within each individual's technique and role in the play. When you put 22 of them out there,…

— Brendan Daly

In reading plays, however, it should always be remembered that any play, however great, loses much when not seen in action.

— Anonymous

If you play certain positions, you just do the same thing every snap or you don't get to move around.

— Minkah Fitzpatrick

To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game

— Savielly Tartakower