Chess Quote by Nigel Short Download Open image “If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off” — Nigel Short ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Draws Ifs Offers Opponents Psychology Thinking Trying Work out
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If I can't defend my opponent and if he scores as much I'm scoring then he won the matchup. — Jabari Parker Copy Share Image
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Never play for the win, never play for the draw, just play chess! — Alexander Khalifman Copy Share Image
The more talented the opponent, the luckier you are. You have draw a great deal of strength from your being. — Frederick Lenz 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
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
I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw. — 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 Image
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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
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[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
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