Chess Quote by Tony Miles Download Open image “I think I can safely conclude that there is not a lot to be said for playing chess while on Valium.” — Tony Miles ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess I can Playing chess Said Thinking Valium
Chess is like a delicious drug which offers such heavenly delights that they can never tear themselves away from it completely. — Reuben Fine Copy Share Image
Life is very much about making the best decisions you can. So I think chess is very valuable. — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations - should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and restrained within its proper province. As a mere game, a… — Paul Morphy Copy Share
Playing chess has many aspects that can be useful in everyday situations like planning, concentration and combinations. You learn to win but also to… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
The truth of the matter is that chess is not the game of life because life does not ever happen the way you strategize… — Jason Reynolds Copy Share Image
By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life. — Paul Morphy Copy Share Image
I thought I was playing the world champion, not some 27-eyed monster who sees everything in all positions. — Tony Miles Copy Share Image
If you don't want to be stabbed in the back you should be aware of who is standing behind you. — Tony Miles Copy Share Image
I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share
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 at chess as the ultimate test. So they thought, "Oh, if a machine can play chess, and beat strong players, set aside a world champion, that would be the sign of a dawn of the AI… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share
“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 as Captain Chenoweth continued. “These guys are exactly who we need to get you to your destination. They’ve got contacts throughout the area, and we should be able to slip through without anyone even knowing we’re… — Russell Blake Copy Share
[Photographer Julian Wasser] had this great idea that I should play chess naked with Marcel Duchamp and it seem to be such a great idea that it was just like the best idea I'd ever heard in my life. It was like a great idea. I mean, it was - Not only was it vengeance, it was art, and it… — Eve Babitz Copy Share
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