Chess Quote by Magnus Carlsen Download Open image “I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.” — Magnus Carlsen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Issues Marketing Thinking
The consumer game is tougher than pro football and more conniving than chess. One side [industry] invents the rules and the other side [consumers]… — Betty Furness Copy Share Image
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
I have frequently stated that I regard chess as an art form, where creativity prevails over other factors. — Vasily Smyslov Copy Share Image
Chess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it is never… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency. — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Ultimately chess is just chess - not the best thing in the world and not the worst thing in the world, but there is… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
It's very encouraging that the game of chess is growing in the U.S. and is becoming more popular. — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general – is… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Chess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular. — Alexandra Kosteniuk 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
I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
I really enjoy the experience of playing humans. The psychological game is so much more important. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people. — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
I can’t count the times I have lagged seemingly hopelessly far behind, and nobody except myself thinks I can win. But I have pulled… — Magnus Carlsen 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