Chess Quote by Raymond Keene Download Open image “Campo, as everyone in chess recognized, had a 2600 rating as a politician.” — Raymond Keene ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Humour Politician Politics Rating
Bobby Fischer was hugely important for the American chess community because it put chess on the map - he made it possible for other… — Liz Garbus Copy Share Image
A championship contender in the early twentieth century needed charisma and a knack for cultivating sponsorship, and Rubinstein was the epitome of the shy… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The best chess masters of every epoch have been closely linked with the values of the society in which they lived and worked. All… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches. — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
The only positive contribution to chess from Fischer in the last 20 years. — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
In so-called communist Romania, chess was held in high esteem, even if our champions were weaker than the Soviets. This game, this "sport of… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that. — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
It is a well known fact that almost all the outstanding chess-players have been first-class analysts. — Mikhail Botvinnik Copy Share Image
What was great about Fischer is that when he became world champion is that chess was being covered everywhere. It was in all the… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
The huge egos of great chess players are legendary. Psychologists have been amazed by their vanity, have studied it, and anecdotes concerning it are… — Israel Albert Horowitz Copy Share Image
Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense. — Boris Spassky Copy Share Image
... I bid farewell to my readers in the hope that they have formed their own opinion as to the meaning of the word "combination". — Raymond Keene Copy Share Image
(3) 'IS IT A SYSTEM...?' ... Ultimately, I suspect, this is a question about which the reader should form his own judgement by study… — Raymond Keene Copy Share Image
I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
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… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“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… — Russell Blake Copy Share Image
[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
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
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