Chess Quote by Mikhail Chigorin

No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.

— Samuel Reshevsky

Perfectly correct chess exists only in theory.

— Garry Kasparov

Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.

— Vasily Smyslov

Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance.

— Richard Reti

The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of mathematics -…

— Viswanathan Anand

When you sit down to play a game you should think only about the position, but not about the opponent. Whether chess is regarded…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

The theoretical idea ... does not arise apart from and independent of experience; nor can it be derived from experience by a purely logical…

— Albert Einstein

Like Dvoretsky, I think that (all other things being equal), the analytical method of studying chess must give you a colossal advantage over the…

— Garry Kasparov

We perceive after a careful consideration of the evolution of the chess mind that such evolution has gone on, in general, in a way…

— Richard Reti

Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.

— Jawaharlal Nehru

I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his…

— Vladimir Kramnik

Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as…

— Garry Kasparov