Bigs Quote by Mark Taimanov

It has been stated that a characteristic mark of a combination is surprise; surprise for the defender, not for the assailant, since otherwise the…

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

There are always some surprises in the draw when people are playing pretty well.

— Caroline Wozniacki

Surprise comes from defying expectations.

— Seth Godin

If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.

— Jay Maisel

One of the objectives of opening play is to try to surprise your opponent.

— Edmar Mednis

Surprise is a huge element in acting.

— Simon Helberg

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

— Brian Eno

You have to surprise opponents, keep them guessing. Doing the same thing over and over again without variation will not work.

— Arjen Robben

Play is experimenting with chance.

— Novalis

According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games.

— Pal Benko

Why, for example, do the great writers use anticipation instead of surprise? Because surprise is merely an instrument of the unusual, whereas anticipation of…

— Roger Rosenblatt

“Surprise is the practice of accepting the unexpected interruption, and the practice of leaving enough space in the day for something to happen that…

— Christina Baldwin