Chess Quote by Mikhail Botvinnik Download Open image “Before Geller we did not understand the King's Indian Defence.” — Mikhail Botvinnik ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Defence Indian Kings Opening
We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians. — Geronimo Copy Share Image
The hardest batsman to get out. I think Sachin, technically, didn't have a weakness. — Michael Clarke Copy Share Image
“It was the Indian manner to vanish into the landscape, not to stand out against it. The Hopi villages that were set upon rock… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
The plan to carve up British India was never approved of or accepted by Gandhi...who realised too late that his closest comrades and disciples… — Stanley Wolpert Copy Share Image
I think it was so unfair that people attacked Freida Pinto for being an Indian, playing a Palestinian. — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
No matter what the cause was and wherever it was, Indian governments must never requisition the services of British soldiers to deal with civil… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I don't know why Kunal Kohli thought of me for 'Phir Se.' But he did. I got the role without any effort. — Jennifer Winget Copy Share Image
There's much about the British Raj which I think is disreputable. It was rapacious; it was a sort of kleptocracy, and it was also… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
In political and social analysis, we still have not cut off the head of the king. — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
In the past, people didn't necessarily want their king to be kind. If a foreign power was threatening the country, they wanted him to… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
If Tal would learn to program himself properly, then it would become quite impossible to play against him. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Yes, I have played a blitz game once. It was on a train, in 1929. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
It must be clearly understood that Soviet players do not seek simple systems in the opening, but try to formulate opening systems in which… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Capablanca's play produced and still produces an irresistable artistic effect. In his games a tendency towards simplicity predominated, and in this simplicity there was… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
The boy (then a 12 year old boy named Anatoly Karpov)doesn't have a clue about Chess, and there's no future at all for him… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Every great master will find it useful to have his own theory on the openings, which only he himself knows, a theory which is… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Along with my retirement from chess analytical work seems to have gone too. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Everything is in a state of flux, and this includes the world of Chess — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
It is peculiar but a fact nevertheless, that the gamblers in chess have enthusiastic followers. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
The triumph of the analytical movement, which formed in the '30's and '40's, was precisely what earned the Soviet masters the acclaim of chessplayers… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
You have to accustom yourself to practical study at home, you have to devote time to studies, to the history of chess, the development… — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
Suddenly it was obvious to me in my analysis I had missed what Fischer had found with the greatest of ease at the board — Mikhail Botvinnik 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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