Chess Quote by Siegbert Tarrasch

First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game

— Siegbert Tarrasch

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

I was a professional chess player in Romania, but only a small-time master. When I came to France, I continued playing chess for many…

— Dumitru Tepeneag

Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big…

— Vladimir Kramnik

Dobey is a very interesting player to play against because he can produce something really good. So you always have to make sure you…

— Michael van Gerwen

“A good player can play anywhere.”

— Zlatan Ibrahimović

I started playing chess in the Eighties, but it is only recently that people have begun to appreciate the importance of physical exercise for…

— Judit Polgar

Any experienced player knows how a change in the character of the play influences your psychological mood.

— Garry Kasparov

Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.

— Anatoly Karpov

The Indians and Chinese have become brilliant chess professionals. They get on a plane and play all over the world. This has led to…

— Kenneth Rogoff

The intelligent perusal of fine games cannot fail to make the reader a better player and a better judge of the play of others.

— Emanuel Lasker

It's the fault of the chess players themselves. I don't know what they used to be, but now they're not the most gentlemanly group.…

— Bobby Fischer