Articles Quote by Yuri Razuvaev

“The art of chess is akin to the art of war itself; full of strategy and cunning, yet clever placements.”

— Jennifer Megan Varnadore

“While reading Kasparov’s book How Life Imitates Chess on my Kindle, I idly clicked on “popular highlights” to see what passages other readers had…

— Clive Thompson

“To many people chess is an extreme sport. It requires a lot of thinking.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova

Chess hasn't really influenced my literature. It's true, there's a character in Pigeon Post, an old chess player; but it's more of a wink,…

— Dumitru Tepeneag

Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance.

— Richard Reti

[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

Chess is eminently and emphatically the philospher's game.

— Paul Morphy

The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is.

— David Bronstein

The way he plays Chess demonstrates a man's whole nature

— Stanley Ellin

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

Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have the ability…

— Mikhail Botvinnik

Chess is a game sufficiently rich in meaning that it is easily capable of containing elements of both tragedy and comedy.

— Luke McShane