Chess Quote by Viktor Korchnoi Download Open image “No Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness” — Viktor Korchnoi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Inspirational Madness Normal
In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop… — Alexander Kotov Copy Share Image
I didn't picture myself as even a grandmaster, to say nothing of aspiring to the chess crown. This was not because I was timid… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
Many have become chess masters - no one has become the master of chess. — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
A true Grandmaster is a person who starts the arts at a very young age and continues it until their body will no longer… — Choi Hong Hi Copy Share Image
I guess a certain amount of temperament is expected of Chess geniuses — Ronald Gross Copy Share Image
Nowadays grandmasters no longer study their opponent's games so much, but they study his character, his behaviour and his temperament in the most thorough… — David Bronstein Copy Share Image
Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings. — Paul Keres Copy Share Image
Chess players are madmen of a certain quality, the way the artist is supposed to be, and isn't, in general. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
The majority of people imagine a chess master as being a townsman who passes his life in an atmosphere of smoke and play in… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
Sometimes I even say that I have surpassed Lasker in using psychology. How? Well, sometimes I use psychology with a portion of risk. That… — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
[Garry] Kasparov and [Anatoly] Karpov have something in common. They both want to become deputies of the Russian State Duma. — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
The whole life with a wife is like an end game with two bishops of different colors. — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost. — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
Skeletons of mice are often to be found in coconuts, for it is easier to get in, slim and greedy, than to get out,… — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess. — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
The aim was simple: to deprive Karpov of his favourite occupation - standing at the board, staring straight at his opponent. While I was… — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
As a rule, the more mistakes there are in a game, the more memorable it remains, because you have suffered and worried over each… — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his nerves, and at the… — Viktor Korchnoi Copy Share Image
It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on… — Viktor Korchnoi 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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