Chess Quote by Samuel Boden Download Open image “In a gambit you give up a Pawn for the sake of getting a lost game” — Samuel Boden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Gambit Games Giving Giving up Lost Pawns Sake
A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending! — Bent Larsen Copy Share Image
What is the object of playing a gambit opening?... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
The delight in gambits is a sign of chess youth... In very much the same way as the young man, on reaching his manhood… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
The thing about Gambit is that he's a man who knows how to adapt to survive. He plays things by ear, depending on the… — Marjorie Liu Copy Share Image
“It (proof by contradiction) is a far finer gambit than any chess gambit: a chess player may offer the sacrifice of a pawn or… — G.H. Hardy Copy Share Image
In the laboratory the gambits all test unfavorably, but the old rule wears well, that all gambits are sound over the board. — William Ewart Napier Copy Share Image
Each of us can, by ploy or gambit, most naturally gain the advantage. — Stephen Potter Copy Share Image
Even in the King's Gambit ... White is no longer trying to attack at all costs. He has had to adapt his approach and… — Neil McDonald Copy Share Image
The winning of a pawn among good players of even strength often means the winning of the game. — Jose Raul Capablanca 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