Analysis Quote by Mikhail Botvinnik

Chess strength in general and chess strength in a specific match are by no means one and the same thing.

— Garry Kasparov

That is the key strength of independent academia: we can speak up in spite of corporate or government interests.

— Zeynep Tufekci

An awakened people who rely upon their nonviolent strength are independent in the face of any conceivable combination of the armed powers.

— Mahatma Gandhi

There's never before been a Chess player with such a thorough knowledge of the intricacies of the game and such an absolutely indomitable will…

— Lisa Lane

For me, Chess is life and every game is like a new life. Every chess player gets to live many lives in one lifetime.

— Eduard Gufeld

Though most people love to look at the games of the great attacking masters, some of the most successful players in history have been…

— Yasser Seirawan

What is the object of playing a gambit opening?... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play. This is a rule which has stood its test in chess history and one…

— Richard Reti

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game

— Siegbert Tarrasch

The enormous mental resilience, without which no Chess player can exist, was so much taken up by Chess that he could never free his…

— Albert Einstein

Don't worry kids, you'll find work. After all, my machine will need strong chess player-programmers. You will be the first.

— Mikhail Botvinnik