Chess Quote by Siegbert Tarrasch Download Open image “One doesn't have to play well, it's enough to play better than your opponent” — Siegbert Tarrasch ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Enough Opponents Play Playing chess Success Wells
The only thing that helps you play better is being ready to go against your next opponent. — Devin McCourty Copy Share Image
No matter how poorly you play, there is always someone you can beat. No matter how well you play, there is always someone who… — Harvey Penick Copy Share Image
If you're playing against someone, you always want them playing flat out and at their best - so when you are successful you know… — Joe Root Copy Share Image
Playing against better competition makes you better and more focused, so you can do what you have to, to win. — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
When you're not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win. — Bill Bradley Copy Share Image
When you compete with a person, you only have to be as good or better than the person to win. If you compete with… — Chin-Ning Chu Copy Share Image
A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult, but almost… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
When you see a good move, sit on your hands and see if you can find a better one. — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was an attack… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
Here are some of the questions and answers to an examination paper in chess that was given some time ago — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
A form of intellectual productiveness, therein lies its peculiar charm. Intellectual productiveness is one of the greatest joys - if not the greatest one… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
Many have become chess masters - no one has become the master of chess. — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
As Rousseau could not compose without his cat beside him, so I cannot play chess without my king's bishop. In its absense the game… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
I have always had a slight feeling of pity for man who has no knowledge of chess. — Siegbert Tarrasch 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