Chess Quote by Wilhelm Steinitz Download Open image “The King is a fighting piece. Use it!” — Wilhelm Steinitz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chess Chess pieces Fighting Kings Pieces Use
When the King is checked, or any valuable Piece in danger from the attack of an enemy, you are said to interpose a man… — Howard Staunton Copy Share Image
The king, which during the opening and middlegame stage is often a burden because it has to be defended, becomes in the endgame a… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
A king can stand people's fighting but he can't last long if people start thinking. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
In the ending the king is a powerful piece for assisting his own pawns, or stopping the adverse pawns. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
I may be an old lion, but I can still bite someone's hand off if he puts it in my mouth. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to give himself… — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
When you have an advantage, you are obliged to attack; otherwise you are endangered to lose the advantage. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
No great player blundered oftener than I done. I was champion of the world for twenty-eight years because I was twenty years ahead of… — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. — Wilhelm Steinitz Copy Share Image
I would rather die in America than live in England. I would rather lose a match in America than win one in England. I… — Wilhelm Steinitz 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