Chess Quote by Nigel Short Download Open image “I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw.” — Nigel Short ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Draws Knows Perfect Play Versus
In chess, as played by a good player, logic and imagination must go hand in hand, compensating each other. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance. — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
“When God plays chess, you will notice that he never has to move a single piece...in order to win.” — Lionel Suggs Copy Share Image
“It would be a pretty good bet that the gods of a world like this probably do not play chess and indeed this is… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Chess will always be in the doldrums as a spectator sport while a draw is given equal mathematical value as a decisive result. — Michael Basman Copy Share Image
Have you ever seen a chess article without a brilliant example of the author's own play? 'Silly question,' you will say. Quite. — Yuri Razuvaev Copy Share Image
Chess is a very logical game and it is the man who can reason most logically and profoundly in it that ought to win. — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
The good thing in chess is that very often the best moves are the most beautiful ones. The beauty of logic. — Boris Gelfand Copy Share Image
I have frequently stated that I regard chess as an art form, where creativity prevails over other factors. — Vasily Smyslov Copy Share Image
Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
Unlike my esteemed colleague Garry Kasparov, I don't restrict the strength of opposition to Elo <2000, as fly-swatting makes poor spectator sport. (on simultaneous exhibitions) — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
I am acutely conscious, from vast experience in opens, that guys around, say 2100 or more can definitely play chess and that one often… — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
Chess is, in essence, a game for children. Computers have exacerbated the trends towards youth because they now have an immensely powerful tool at… — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
I play way too much blitz chess. It rots the brain just as surely as alcohol. — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
If chess is a vast jungle, computers are the chainsaws in a giant environmentally insensitive logging company. — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a very significant… — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
Of course I'm not a racist, but I'm certainly right wing, there's no question about that. — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
I cannot claim to thoroughly enjoy coaching, because it is very hard work if you are even moderately conscientious. Nevertheless it does provide a… — Nigel Short Copy Share Image
I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share
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 at chess as the ultimate test. So they thought, "Oh, if a machine can play chess, and beat strong players, set aside a world champion, that would be the sign of a dawn of the AI… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share
“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 as Captain Chenoweth continued. “These guys are exactly who we need to get you to your destination. They’ve got contacts throughout the area, and we should be able to slip through without anyone even knowing we’re… — Russell Blake Copy Share
[Photographer Julian Wasser] had this great idea that I should play chess naked with Marcel Duchamp and it seem to be such a great idea that it was just like the best idea I'd ever heard in my life. It was like a great idea. I mean, it was - Not only was it vengeance, it was art, and it… — Eve Babitz Copy Share
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
