Chess Quote by Magnus Carlsen

I don't consider myself a particularly young chess player. I have been playing in the best tournaments in the world since I was 16…

— Magnus Carlsen

Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big…

— Vladimir Kramnik

This is the essential element that cannot be measured by any analysis or device, and I believe it's at the heart of success in…

— Garry Kasparov

Analysis is a glittering opportunity for training: it is just here that capacity for work, perseverence and stamina are cultivated, and these qualities are,…

— Lev Polugaevsky

Chess players are madmen of a certain quality, the way the artist is supposed to be, and isn't, in general.

— Marcel Duchamp

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 was a professional chess player in Romania, but only a small-time master. When I came to France, I continued playing chess for many…

— Dumitru Tepeneag

It may look as though two chess players are sitting at the board peacefully calculating possibilities, but in actuality they are seething with a…

— Shankarananda

There is then no analogy whatever between the operations of the Chess-Player, and those of the calculating machine of Mr. Babbage , and if…

— Edgar Allan Poe

The very idea of how chess players manipulate their game excites me.

— Kay Kay Menon

It's the fault of the chess players themselves. I don't know what they used to be, but now they're not the most gentlemanly group.…

— Bobby Fischer

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well

— Siegbert Tarrasch