Chess Quote by Mikhail Tal

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

Play out a boring game to the end and funny things can happen; Fischer knew it.

— Hans Ree

Fischer was a master of clarity and a king of artful positioning. His opponents would see where he was going but were powerless to…

— Bruce Pandolfini

In complicated positions, Bobby Fischer hardly had to be afraid of anybody

— Paul Keres

Fischer prefers to enter Chess history alone

— Miguel Najdorf

While it is a cause for regret that Fischer did not continue to produce scintillating games, he perhaps had a greater impact on chess…

— John Nunn

Chess truly uncovers whether or not someone has imagination and takes initiative.

— Christian Morgenstern

When Grand Masters play, they see the logic of their opponent's moves. One's moves may be so powerful that the other may not be…

— Mark Taimanov

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

In Fischer's hands, a slight theoretical advantage is as good a being a Queen ahead

— Isaac Kashdan

It was clear to me that the vulnerable point of the American Grandmaster (Bobby Fischer) was in double-edged, hanging, irrational positions, where he often…

— Efim Geller

Intuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position.

— Viswanathan Anand