Quotes about Chess

Chess is everything: art, science, and sport. Votes: 6

Chess is, above all, a fight. Votes: 5

Chess is the gymnasium of the mind. Votes: 5

Every Chess master was once a beginner Votes: 5

Bobby Fischer is the greatest Chess genius of all time! Votes: 5

Methodical thinking is of more use in Chess than inspiration Votes: 5

You can only get good at Chess if you love the game Votes: 5

Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can't separate body from mind Votes: 5

All I want to do, ever, is play chess. Votes: 4

These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess. Votes: 4

Chess is imagination. Votes: 3

Chess is 99 percent calculation. Votes: 3

Chess is intellectual gymnastics. Votes: 3

Chess demands total concentration Votes: 3

Chess is a meritocracy. Votes: 3

Chess is for everybody. Votes: 3

Chess is mental torture. Votes: 3

Chess is not dominoes Votes: 3

Chess was Capablanca's mother tongue. Votes: 3

Chess is one long regret. Votes: 3

Chess isn't football or hockey. Votes: 3

Chess is a beautiful mistress. Votes: 3

There just isn't enough televised Chess Votes: 3

Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted. Votes: 3

Chess is a natural cerebral high. Votes: 3

Chess is the touchstone of intellect. Votes: 3

Chess is a cure for headaches. Votes: 3

Chess is not for timid souls. Votes: 3

Chess is the art of analysis. Votes: 3

Chess is a matter of vanity. Votes: 3

Chess is not for the timid. Votes: 3

Chess is a test of wills. Votes: 3

Fischer prefers to enter Chess history alone Votes: 3

Chess you don't learn, chess you understand. Votes: 3

What would Chess be without silly mistakes? Votes: 3

All Chess players should have a hobby Votes: 3

Computers have changed the World of Chess. Votes: 3

Chess and theatre often lead to madness. Votes: 3

Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders. Votes: 3

Chess is a miniature version of life. Votes: 3

Most innovative little board game since Chess. Votes: 3

Chess problems are the hymn-tunes of mathematics. Votes: 3

Chess is not only knowledge and logic Votes: 3

Chess is like war on a board Votes: 3

Chess is a curse upon a man. Votes: 3

Chess is a game of bad moves. Votes: 3

Chess is a sad waste of brains. Votes: 3

Chess is a sport. A violent sport. Votes: 3

Chess is most certainly not my life. Votes: 3

Chess is a fathead and feudal game. Votes: 3

Chess is a matter of daily training. Votes: 3

Chess is not a game, but a disease. Votes: 3

Chess is eminently and emphatically the philospher's game. Votes: 3

Those who say they understand Chess, understand nothing Votes: 3

Chess is a cold bath for the mind Votes: 3

Chess, like love, is infectious at any age. Votes: 3

Chess is so deep, I simply feel lost. Votes: 3

The hardest game to win is a won game Votes: 3

Chess is the only game greater than its players. Votes: 3

Chess cannot be taught. Chess can only be learned. Votes: 3

Chess is only a recreation and not an occupation. Votes: 3

Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for. Votes: 3

Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately Votes: 3

Chess is an art and not a spectator sport. Votes: 3

In Chess, at least, the brave inherit the earth Votes: 3

Chess will always be the master of us all. Votes: 3

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. Votes: 3

Chess is a good mistress but a bad master. Votes: 3

There is no remorse like the remorse of Chess Votes: 3

The only thing Chess players have in common is Chess. Votes: 3

Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player Votes: 3

The way he plays Chess demonstrates a man's whole nature Votes: 3

Chess is my life, but my life is not chess. Votes: 3

Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic. Votes: 3

I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves Votes: 3

Chess is not relaxing; it's stressful even if you win. Votes: 3

The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is. Votes: 3

The stomach is an essential part of the Chess master Votes: 3

Chess is a game of understanding and not of memory. Votes: 3

Chess is and will always be a game of chance. Votes: 3

Pawn endings are to Chess what putting is to golf Votes: 3

Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated. Votes: 3

Chess, like mathematics and music, is a nursery for child prodigies. Votes: 3

Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research. Votes: 3

Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles Votes: 3

Chess is life and every game is like a new life. Votes: 3

Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people. Votes: 3

He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess Votes: 3

Chess is a game which reflects most honor on human wit. Votes: 3

Chess is an effective means to educate and train the human intellect. Votes: 3

Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance. Votes: 3

In Chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically eliminated. Votes: 3

Chess sharpens the mind, stimulates concentration, improves the memory and promotes visualization. Votes: 3

I guess a certain amount of temperament is expected of Chess geniuses Votes: 3

Fischer is an American Chess tragedy on par with Morphy and Pillsbury Votes: 3

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy. Votes: 3

Chess truly uncovers whether or not someone has imagination and takes initiative. Votes: 3

Not all artists are Chess players, but all Chess players are artists Votes: 3

Chess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular. Votes: 3

Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another. Votes: 3

FIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title. Votes: 3

The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move Votes: 3

Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves. Votes: 3

The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner. Votes: 3

In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent. Votes: 3

I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent Votes: 3

There is only one thing Fischer does in Chess without pleasure: to lose! Votes: 3

Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events. Votes: 3

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency Votes: 3

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution. Votes: 3

Chess is one of the few arts where composition takes place simultaneously with performance Votes: 3

A man that will take back a move at Chess will pick a pocket Votes: 3

Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego. Votes: 3

No Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness Votes: 3

Chess isn't a game of speed, it is a game of speech through actions Votes: 3

Everything is in a state of flux, and this includes the world of Chess Votes: 3

Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind. Votes: 3

The passion for playing Chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world Votes: 3

Fischer Chess play was always razor-sharp, rational and brilliant. One of the best ever Votes: 3

Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck. Votes: 3

If u want to work in Corporate, then u should know how to play Chess. Votes: 3

Leonard Chess passed, and that was the end of the Chess label for that time. Votes: 3

A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. Votes: 3

Chess is not something that drives people mad; it is something that keeps mad people sane. Votes: 3

For surely of all the drugs in the world, Chess must be the most permanently pleasurable Votes: 3

Chess and boxing have a lot in common, as both sports rely on the right strategy. Votes: 3

The public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture. Votes: 3

Chess is a contest between two men which lends itself particularly to the conflicts surrounding aggression. Votes: 3

Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways. Votes: 3

Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game Votes: 3

A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player Votes: 3

Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists Votes: 3

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. Votes: 3

Chess is a forcing house where the fruits of character can ripen more fully than in life Votes: 3

Chess is a part of culture and if a culture is declining then Chess too will decline Votes: 3

Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory. Votes: 3

Chess is neither a science nor an art. It is what human nature most delights in--a fight. Votes: 3

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Votes: 3

I know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess Votes: 3

Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized... Votes: 3

During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk Votes: 3

The best indicator of a Chess Player's form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game. Votes: 3

We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chessplayer's nature Votes: 3

Chess was the only thing Hermione ever lost at, something Harry and Ron thought was very good for her. Votes: 3

Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport. Votes: 3

Fischer, the great American chess champion, famously said, 'Chess is life.' I would say, 'Pi is life.' Votes: 3

Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art. Votes: 3

Life is like playing the game of Chess against yourself, to win you must beat the blacks of you. Votes: 3

Chess is a time game, it's a game of patience. That pretty much defines how I run the ball. Votes: 3

Chess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts. Votes: 3

Chess is infinite, and one has to make only one ill-considered move, and one's opponent's wildest dreams will become reality. Votes: 3

Chess is thirty to forty percent psychology. You don't have this when you play a computer. I can't confuse it Votes: 3

When I have White, I win because I am white; When I have Black, I win because I am Bogolyubov Votes: 3

Chess players are madmen of a certain quality, the way the artist is supposed to be, and isn't, in general. Votes: 3

Chess strength in general and chess strength in a specific match are by no means one and the same thing. Votes: 3

Analysis, if it is really carried out with a complete concentration of his powers, forms and completes a chess player. Votes: 3

The highest Art of the Chess player lies in not allowing your Opponent to show you what he can do. Votes: 3

The first chess book that I read was Dufresne's self-tutor, published with Lasker's Common Sense in Chess as an appendix. Votes: 3

Chess is something more than a game. It is an intellectual diversion which has certain artistic qualities and many scientific elements. Votes: 3

Most Debunkers spent their money on actual things, rather than just buying anything they could swallow, smoke or snort. Unlike Chess. Votes: 3

Chess is like a delicious drug which offers such heavenly delights that they can never tear themselves away from it completely. Votes: 3

Chess reflects the real world in miniature. Endeavor, struggle, success, and defeat - they are part of each game ever played. Votes: 3

Chess is a contributor to net human unhappiness, since the pleasure of victory is greatly exceeded by the pain of defeat. Votes: 3

Chess is a game sufficiently rich in meaning that it is easily capable of containing elements of both tragedy and comedy. Votes: 3

That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one Votes: 3

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. Votes: 3

We should talk over the lessons of the day, or lose them in Music, Chess, or the merriments of our family companions. Votes: 3

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of haviong an evil thought during the game. Votes: 3

[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time. Votes: 3

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time Votes: 3

Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player Votes: 3

Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player. Votes: 3

You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport. Votes: 3

Chess will always be in the doldrums as a spectator sport while a draw is given equal mathematical value as a decisive result. Votes: 3

Chess programs are our enemies, they destroy the romance of chess. They take away the beauty of the game. Everything can be calculated. Votes: 3

The passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not sufficient Votes: 3

Could we look into the head of a Chess player, we should see there a whole world of feelings, images, ideas, emotion and passion Votes: 3

For me, Chess is life and every game is like a new life. Every chess player gets to live many lives in one lifetime. Votes: 3

Chess holds its master in its own bonds, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer. Votes: 3

Chess is a very logical game and it is the man who can reason most logically and profoundly in it that ought to win. Votes: 3

I played Chess with him and would have beaten him sometimes only he always took back his last move, and ran the game out differently Votes: 3

Of chess it has often been said that life is not long enough for it - but that is the fault of life, not chess. Votes: 3

Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents. Votes: 3

When you are lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war Votes: 3

Chess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it is never played for money Votes: 3

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. Votes: 3

A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose! Votes: 3

Once upon a time supporters of the Steinitz-Tarrasch school had a very high opinion of a queen-side pawn majority. Modern strategy on the other hand categorically denies that such a majority is an independent factor of any importance. Votes: 3

People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You must also have the courage of your convictions. If you think your move is good, make it. Votes: 3

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas. Votes: 3

To many people chess is an extreme sport. It requires thinking. Votes: 2

All women are inferior to men Votes: 1

A relationship is a game of chess. Votes: 1

The Pin is mightier than the sword Votes: 1

I don't simply create probabilities, I guide them. Votes: 1

Even a pawn can take down a queen. Votes: 1

The move is there, but you must see it. Votes: 1

Living together/ is one move closer/ to living apart Votes: 1

When the end comes, I will meet it raging. Votes: 1

I like the moment when I break a man's ego Votes: 1

There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine. Votes: 1

When you see a good move, look for a better one Votes: 1

I failed to make the chess team because of my height. Votes: 1

Go is to Western chess what philosophy is to double-entry accounting. Votes: 1

Life is more than just chess.Though king dies, life goes on. Votes: 1

I much preferred winning to thinking and I didn't like losing at all. Votes: 1

To many people chess is an extreme sport. It requires a lot of thinking. Votes: 1

I'm playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers, that's why I always lose Votes: 1

People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. Votes: 1

Zugzwang. It's when you have no good moves. But you still have to move. Votes: 1

Some guys live in worlds where pawns stay pawns. I'm one move from king. Votes: 1

If God wanted humans to play chess, he would have made us black or white. Votes: 1

I want to be an aggressive player;One who always find joy in every move. Votes: 1

Her sigh felt dragged from the depths of her soul. Great. Working for Bump again. Votes: 1

With magic almost anything was possible; all objects had energy, and energy could be manipulated. Votes: 1

Having good strategies in playing chess is often a good indication of being focused in life Votes: 1

How dreadful...to be caught up in a game and have no idea of the rules. Votes: 1

We are men who find chess fascinating. Did you expect our lives to be secretly interesting? Votes: 1

People, she was discovering, were like cockroaches: If you allowed one in, more were sure to follow. Votes: 1

Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make. Votes: 1

A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. Votes: 1

My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible Votes: 1

To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess. Votes: 1

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. Votes: 1

Life is like playing the game of chess against yourself, to win, you must beat the blacks of you. Votes: 1

Pawns are such fascinating pieces, too...So small, almost insignificant, and yet--they can depose kings. Don't you find that interesting? Votes: 1

When I am white I win because I am white. When I am black I win because I am Bogoljubov Votes: 1

Sometimes, as in a game of chess, we must strategically regress so that we might progress toward our ultimate objective. Votes: 1

Love is like a chess match, where the queen wins the game and the king just sort of stands around. Votes: 1

The art of chess is akin to the art of war itself; full of strategy and cunning, yet clever placements. Votes: 1

In chess you might find a good move. Then you might find a better move. But take your time. Find the best move. Votes: 1

It was her problem, and she'd deal with it. Because dealing with personal problems was so fucking high on her list of skills. Votes: 1

Beer bottles, whiskey bottles, brown glass, green. They fell to the lawn and I'd feel serene. Adam was king to my stilted queen. Votes: 1

Then again, she had-through a bizarre combination of skill, dumb luck and incredible misfortune-managed to build up a file any Debunker would envy. Votes: 1

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved. Votes: 1

Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along. Votes: 1

Sure. Focused. Let's totally ignore any possible other avenues and just tunnel-vision our way along. Maybe we'll get lucky and blunder into a Lamaru hangout, right? Votes: 1

In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this. Votes: 1

Chess is a game with simple rules and pieces, a small sixty-four-space board, but there are more possible chess games than there are atoms in the universe. Votes: 1

I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way of playing. Votes: 1

Chess is the most intimate game in the world. It's like making love. By the time we finish our first slow game, I will know all his thoughts. Votes: 1

Bridget did not budge, and her face was without expression. She sat, quietly defeated like a chess player who lost a career match in less than four moves. Votes: 1

I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game. Votes: 1

The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of sorrows, is named 'combination'. Votes: 1

Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless. Votes: 1

There are too many Jews in chess. They seem to have taken away the class of the game. They don't seem to dress so nicely. That's what I don't like. Votes: 1

What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties: isolated, doubled, too advanced, retarded. Votes: 1

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment. Votes: 1

Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make will have any effect on the outcome. Votes: 1

Everyone wants to be wanted and if all people wait for someone else to invest in them, the world will be stuck in an eternal stalemate: nobody moves and nobody wins. Votes: 1

Now mayhap you quit givin Terrible the fuckin slurpy-eyes an give Bump the listening, yay? Thinkin you can? Gots some fuckin chattering wants doin, needs you fuckin head on straight up. Votes: 1

In chess, as a purely intellectual game, where randomness is excluded, - for someone to play against himself is absurd ...It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow. Votes: 1

I wanted us to share the sense that the number of wrong moves far exceeds the number of good moves, to share the frightening instability of the correct decision, to bond in being confounded. Votes: 1

Spying is a like a game of chess: Sometimes you have to withdraw, sometimes you have to sacrifice one of your pieces to win - preferably a knight rather than a king or queen. Votes: 1

The mother is the most essential piece on the board, the one you must protect. Only she has the range. Only she can move in multiple directions. Once she's gone, it's a whole different game. Votes: 1

I stole a piece of the chess set on the first film. I took a piece of the treasure out of Bellatrix's vault on this film. And I've taken my wand and I've got my cloak. Votes: 1

The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to the realization of this goal, the less you think about it. Votes: 1

I have just spent the better part of a week sorting out the miasma of lunatic alibis known as your correspondence in an effort to adjust matters, that our game may be finished simply once and for all. Votes: 1

Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has more to do with the art of murder than it does with the art of war. Votes: 1

Like most conversations and most chess games, we all start off the same and we all end the same, with a brief moment of difference in between. Fertilization to fertilizer. Ashes to ashes. And we spark across the gap. Votes: 1

She has gathered that the man in the grey suit whom her father called Alexander also has a student, and there will be some sort of game. "Like chess?" she asks once. "No," her father says. "Not like chess. Votes: 1

Only Uncle Pascha ignored her. He was contemplating his chessboard. She doubted that he'd move his piece today. It had been his turn for only six months. Once, he had gone three years between moves. He preferred a leisurely game. Votes: 1

His hands on the sides of her face, on her neck, holding her there. "Chessie...shit, Chessie, I love you so bad." His teeth on her throat, biting hard, his lips soothing the spot. "So fucking much, so...so bad. Votes: 1

No matter what the industry you choose to ultimately invest all your time and energy in, be sure you're the owner, founder, and CEO. Remember, if you don't own it, you can't control it nor can you depend on it. Votes: 1

IF her life had taught her anything, it was that you never really knew what people had going on beneath the surface. People were shit. The only difference between them and animals was people felt the need to hide it. Votes: 1

All this twaddle, the existence of God, atheism, determinism, liberation, societies, death, etc., are pieces of a chess game called language, and they are amusing only if one does not preoccupy oneself with 'winning or losing this game of chess. Votes: 1

How the hell did people do this, this emotion-and-forgiveness thing? How did they stand these feelings? She could barely handle it and she had lovely, necessary, reason-for-living drugs to smooth over the rough spots. How did people do this shit sober? Votes: 1

I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to say, the way in which he conducts himself on the playing field, or even over a game of chess or cards. Votes: 1

Tis action moves the world....[in] the game of chess, mind that: ye cannot leave your men to stand unmoving on the board and hope to win. A soldier must first step upon the battlefield if does mean to cross it. Votes: 1

If I am a pawn in someone else's chess game, you better believe I am going to demand an explanation before being shoved at some rook. I'll play my part, damn it, but I want the courtesy of being asked for my consent! Votes: 1

It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to. Votes: 1

One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and of the fact that the Whites and the Blacks have more in common with each other than with the players. Suddenly one loses all interest in who will be champion Votes: 1

How gorgeous this chess set is.' Each piece was a delicate marble fantasy of medieval warfare. The paint had long ago worn off, except for faint touches of red, in the fury of the king's eyes, on the queen's lower lip, in the bishop's robe. Votes: 1

Do not permit yourself to fall in love with the end-game play to the exclusion of entire games. It is well to have the whole story of how it happened; the complete play, not the denouement only. Do not embrace the rag-time and vaudeville of chess. Votes: 1

I ain't...Don't know how to say it up right. Never--Fuck, Chess. Thought you was dead once before, you recall? Never felt so bad in my life, not ever. Then on the other day, thought you was gone and just....I can't do it, bein without you. Votes: 1

A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together. Votes: 1

Chess as a sport requires a lot of mental stamina, and this is what that makes it different from a physical sport. Chess players have a unique ability of taking in a lot of information and remembering relevant bits. So, memory and mental stamina are the key attributes. Votes: 1

For 'Inhuman,' it's a 'chess game' series. You have a lot of pieces moving different ways at once, and it's about what they do on their own and what happens when they collide into one another. It's about long-range planning, new character creation, and trying to really build things. Votes: 1

I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days. Votes: 1

The reason I like the game chess is because each move has countless repercussions, but you're in charge of them. And it's your ability to see into the future and the effects of the decisions you've made that males you either a good or not a good chess player. It's not luck. Votes: 1

But I find something compelling in the game's choreography, the way one move implies the next. The kings are an apt metaphor for human beings: utterly constrained by the rules of the game, defenseless against bombardment from all sides, able only to temporarily dodge disaster by moving one step in any direction. Votes: 1

Look at a football field. It looks like a big movie screen. This is theatre. Football combines the strategy of chess. It's part ballet. It's part battleground, part playground. We clarify, amplify and glorify the game with our footage, the narration and that music, and in the end create an inspirational piece of footage. Votes: 1

It's important, according to me, to train in small doses so as to not lose the joy of playing chess. I personally think too many coaching and training classes may take away a child's interest in the game itself. The essential thing to do is practise often and, in case of a doubt, to consult a trainer. Votes: 1

I've never been much of a computer guy at least in terms of playing with computers. Actually until I was about 11 I didn't use a computer for preparing for games at all. I was playing a bit online, was using the chess club mainly. Now, obviously, the computer is an important tool for me preparing for my games. Votes: 1

There is a part of me that will forever want to be walking under autumn leaves, carrying a briefcase containing the works of Shakespeare and Yeats and a portable chess set. I will pass an old tree under which once on a summer night I lay on the grass with a fragrant young woman and we quoted e.e. cummings back and forth. Votes: 1

Tennis is physical chess. Votes: 0

Blitz chess kills your ideas. Votes: 0

Life's to short for chess. Votes: 0

Life's too short for chess. Votes: 0

Combination is a soul of chess. Votes: 0

The Russians have fixed world chess. Votes: 0

Snooker is just chess with balls. Votes: 0

Botvinnik was a killer in chess. Votes: 0

tennis is a 100-mph chess match. Votes: 0

Why are most chess masters under 30? Votes: 0

I'm a pretty good chess player. Votes: 0

There are no heroes in chess. Votes: 0

Life is too short for chess. Votes: 0

Life is a kind of chess. Votes: 0

A chess tournament disguised as a circus. Votes: 0

Perfectly correct chess exists only in theory. Votes: 0

In life, as in chess, forethought wins. Votes: 0

The pawn is the soul of chess. Votes: 0

In Kansas I have a chess school Votes: 0

You are never too old to play chess! Votes: 0

Few things are as psychologically brutal as chess. Votes: 0

Psychology is the most important factor in chess. Votes: 0

All chess masters can play one game blindfolded. Votes: 0

Football is like chess, only without the dice. Votes: 0

I play my enemies like a game of chess Votes: 0

A chess problem is an exercise in pure mathematics. Votes: 0

In chess, as in life, opportunity strikes but once. Votes: 0

The strategist is a chess player thrown into life. Votes: 0

In chess there is a world of intellectual values, Votes: 0

You can't play chess if you're groggy from pills. Votes: 0

When you play chess alone it's always your move. Votes: 0

I love chess, but it's the height of decadence. Votes: 0

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate. Votes: 0

I study chess eight hours a day, on principle. Votes: 0

Hold'em is to stud what chess is to checkers. Votes: 0

Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess. Votes: 0

I don't play chess with my life, ya' know. Votes: 0

No fool can play chess, and only fools do. Votes: 0

Poets do not go mad, but chess players do. Votes: 0

In chess, bigamy is acceptable but monarchy is absolute. Votes: 0

That's chess!" snapped Ron. "You've got to make some sacrifices! Votes: 0

A knowledge of combinations is the foundation of positional chess. Votes: 0

Whoever called snooker 'chess with balls' was rude, but right." Votes: 0

Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right. Votes: 0

Golf is the loneliest of games, not excluding postal chess. Votes: 0

Age brings wisdom to some men, and to others chess. Votes: 0

A lifetime in not enough to learn everything about chess. Votes: 0

All I ever want to do is just play chess. Votes: 0

Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam. Votes: 0

In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber. Votes: 0

A great chess player always has a very good memory. Votes: 0

I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school. Votes: 0

If trading is like chess, then macro is like three-dimensional chess. Votes: 0

Believe firmly that in chess there are no rules without exceptions. Votes: 0

The legend of the best player of chess has been destroyed. Votes: 0

Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chess heavens. Votes: 0

For us chess players the language of artist is something natural. Votes: 0

Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawn shop? Votes: 0

Watching the season for me is about watching the chess matches. Votes: 0

The National League game is chess; The American League is checkers. Votes: 0

All conceptions in the game of chess have a geometrical basis. Votes: 0

Weaknesses of character are normally shown in a game of chess. Votes: 0

We are as pieces of chess engaged in victory and defeat!... Votes: 0

It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess. Votes: 0

Heaven knows, we all make mistakes. That's life - and chess. Votes: 0

I'm like Bush, I see the world more like checkers than chess. Votes: 0

Campo, as everyone in chess recognized, had a 2600 rating as a politician. Votes: 0

A chess player never has a heart attack in a good position. Votes: 0

The only positive contribution to chess from Fischer in the last 20 years. Votes: 0

The chess master says nothing, other than moving the silient chess piece. Votes: 0

It's true that in chess as in politics, fund-raising and glad-handing matter. Votes: 0

I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess. Votes: 0

I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue. Votes: 0

Which do I prefer? Sex or chess? It depends on the position. Votes: 0

Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated. Votes: 0

Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess. Votes: 0

I think a player constantly improves his understanding of chess with experience. Votes: 0

Amberley excelled at chess - a mark, Watson, of a scheming mind. Votes: 0

Death stoops over me.I'm a problem in chess. Hehas the solution. Votes: 0

Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa. Votes: 0

I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son Votes: 0

For me, baseball is more comparable to chess than it is to hockey. Votes: 0

I don't like politics especially in chess. All I want is promote chess 24/7. Votes: 0

There's no luck involved in chess. You just have to work at it. Votes: 0

I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting. Votes: 0

Yeah, dolphins and monkeys basically could play chess together. Those are brilliant animals. Votes: 0

Along with my retirement from chess analytical work seems to have gone too. Votes: 0

Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games. Votes: 0

My freshman year of high school I joined the chess and math clubs. Votes: 0

To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame. Votes: 0

Never play for the win, never play for the draw, just play chess! Votes: 0

The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it. Votes: 0

The placing of the center pawns determines the 'topography' of a game of chess. Votes: 0

Describing one competitive advantage of IBM's Deep Blue chess computer. It has no fear. Votes: 0

Fencing isn't really fighting. It's more like chess with the risk of puncture wounds Votes: 0

Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters. Votes: 0

It's little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine. Votes: 0

Lasker thought that his rationalism rendered him immune from the surprises of chess theory. Votes: 0

If people will be interested in me, they will be interested in chess also. Votes: 0

A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover. Votes: 0

Many have become chess masters - no one has become the master of chess. Votes: 0

Diabetes is passed that way -- over and down, like a knight in chess. Votes: 0

It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly. Votes: 0

An hour's history of two minds is well told in a game of chess. Votes: 0

It is impossible to ignore a highly important factor of the chess struggle - psychology. Votes: 0

My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life. Votes: 0

Training in analysis (like any other form of chess training) should be treated very seriously. Votes: 0

I'd like to always be romantic in chess. Sadly, this doesn't always work like that. Votes: 0

I stopped taking notes on my Palm Pilot and started playing the little chess game. Votes: 0

I feel that my chess strengths are still here, .. I believe I can still improve. Votes: 0

It is peculiar but a fact nevertheless, that the gamblers in chess have enthusiastic followers. Votes: 0

People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess. Votes: 0

Coaching secrets? I don't think I got any. The main "secret" - love for chess. Votes: 0

In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess. Votes: 0

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman. Votes: 0

There is nothing like chess to keep the brain smart, and give it a workout. Votes: 0

Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess. Votes: 0

There are fixed rules in chess, and no one knows how the game will end. Votes: 0

Avoidance of mistakes is the beginning, as it is the end, of mastery in chess. Votes: 0

No matter what the name, we're all the same pieces in one big chess game. Votes: 0

Each life is a game of chess that went to hell on the seventh move(...) Votes: 0

If you want to build a high performance organization, you've got to play chess, not checkers. Votes: 0

It is a well known fact that almost all the outstanding chess-players have been first-class analysts. Votes: 0

No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics. Votes: 0

If the media didn't know I played chess, there'd be no angle on me at all. Votes: 0

Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival. Votes: 0

Wilhelm Steinitz was the first man to appreciate the inherent logic behind the game of chess. Votes: 0

I play way too much blitz chess. It rots the brain just as surely as alcohol. Votes: 0

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. Votes: 0

If you don't have an end game of something delightful, you're just moving chess pieces around. Votes: 0

Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess. Votes: 0

Caissa, the goddess of chess, had punished me for my conservative play, for betraying my nature. Votes: 0

Remy you're my king." I hug him hard. "There's no chess game for me without you. Votes: 0

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees. Votes: 0

The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches. Votes: 0

The beauty of a game of chess is usually assessed according to the sacrifices it contains. Votes: 0

Baseball is a kind of collective chess with arms and legs in full play under sunlight. Votes: 0

I am lucky, .. that the popular sport in the Soviet Union was chess and not baseball. Votes: 0

Like us as Black", beg the chess pieces," and you will anyway like us as White Votes: 0

To play a match for the World Championship is the cherished dream of every chess player. Votes: 0

I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. Votes: 0

There is luck in chess. My opponent was lucky that he was playing against an idiot. Votes: 0

The laws of chess are as beautiful as those governing the universe - and as deadly. Votes: 0

It is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position Votes: 0

A game of chess is not an examination of knowledge; it is a battle of nerves. Votes: 0

I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw ... Votes: 0

I play a lot of chess. I probably played 200 games while we were making 'Andromeda.' Votes: 0

I have always had a slight feeling of pity for man who has no knowledge of chess. Votes: 0

My dad was more, "Let's play chess. Read a book, you're stupid." He's more the intellectual type. Votes: 0

I play chess, but my past is checkered, The mic and I are like staff and shepherd. Votes: 0

... My achievements in the field of chess are the result of immense hard work in studying theory ... Votes: 0

He liked to play chess and do intelligent things, and I was a serious drinker and nonthinker. Votes: 0

Black is now in desperate need of a good idea. Or, to put it standard chess notation, +- Votes: 0

The battle for the ultimate truth will never be won. And that's why chess is so fascinating. Votes: 0

I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else. Votes: 0

Many men, many styles; what is chess style but the intangible expression of the will to win. Votes: 0

I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! Votes: 0

Computers have proved to be formidable chess players. In fact, they've beaten our top human chess champions. Votes: 0

If chess is a vast jungle, computers are the chainsaws in a giant environmentally insensitive logging company. Votes: 0

I got arrested for playing chess in the street. I said, it's because I'm black, isn't it. Votes: 0

Throughout my chess career I sought out new challenges, looking for things no one had done before. Votes: 0

In chess it is more important to frustrate your opponent's strategy than to be obsessed with your own. Votes: 0

The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that. Votes: 0

In their figurative game of chess, Anthony Rawlings had Claire in check. Every move she made, he countered. Votes: 0

I was highly attracted to chess for forty or forty-five years; then, little by little, my enthusiasm lessened. Votes: 0

In conclusion, if you want to unravel the multitude of secrets of chess then don't begrudge the time. Votes: 0

I have frequently stated that I regard chess as an art form, where creativity prevails over other factors. Votes: 0

My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible. Votes: 0

Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess. Votes: 0

When chess masters err, ordinary wood pushers tend to derive a measure of satisfaction, if not actual glee. Votes: 0

To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess. Votes: 0

I like to play chess with bald men in the park although it's hard to find 32 of them. Votes: 0

It has always been recognized that chess is an art, and its best practitioners have been described as artists. Votes: 0

In chess, as played by a good player, logic and imagination must go hand in hand, compensating each other. Votes: 0

I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event Votes: 0

With this mistake I deprived myself of the possibility to make a contribution to the treasury of chess art. Votes: 0

I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event. Votes: 0

The present situation in physics is as if we know chess, but we don't know one or two rules. Votes: 0

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression. Votes: 0

I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune. Votes: 0

No, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess. Votes: 0

The place of chess in the society is closely related to the attitude of young people towards our game. Votes: 0

In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness. Votes: 0

Intuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position. Votes: 0

It's turns out to be much easier to simulate a grandmaster chess player than it is to simulate a 2-year-old. Votes: 0

Obama is like a chess player who is playing simultaneous chess and has opened his game with an unusual opening. Votes: 0

I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country. Votes: 0

Canada is a country where the serious writers are hockey fans and readers of comic books. They don't play chess. Votes: 0

I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly. Votes: 0

Human affairs are like a chess game. Only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players. Votes: 0

I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person. Votes: 0

The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not. Votes: 0

I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back. Votes: 0

There was a time in my life when I almost thought I could never lose a single duel of chess. Votes: 0

Here are some of the questions and answers to an examination paper in chess that was given some time ago Votes: 0

You know I'm finished with the old chess because it's all just a lot of book and memorization you know. Votes: 0

I was still too weak to understand his chess ideas at that time but I remember being covered in smoke. Votes: 0

Took awhile, got the jokers out of the deck now, I'm holdin all the cards and niggas wanna play chess now Votes: 0

I think I can safely conclude that there is not a lot to be said for playing chess while on Valium. Votes: 0

During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey. Votes: 0

We lived in the provincial town of Ramat Gan where I spent most of my youth adjacent to the chess board. Votes: 0

There is no remorse like a remorse of chess. It is a curse upon man. There is no happiness in chess. Votes: 0

The good thing in chess is that very often the best moves are the most beautiful ones. The beauty of logic. Votes: 0

Fighting for me is a chess game. I'm not angry with my opponent. I just want to go in there and win. Votes: 0

Marriage is like a chess match is initiated and the board expands over time until it takes up all of a life. Votes: 0

Investing is far more cumulative [than chess]. So long as you're sharp, you can do it for as long as you want. Votes: 0

As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine. Votes: 0

I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that. Votes: 0

Kids love games and chess is a game where you have to sit down and concentrate and it just helps in every way. Votes: 0

In chess you might find a good move. Then you might find a better move. But take your time. Find the best move. Votes: 0

My idea is to make moves to bring chess back to the world's map, to make it part of the world's geography again. Votes: 0

I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved. Votes: 0

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up. Votes: 0

I feel like my mum is in heaven sharing a cup of tea with Lady Fate and plotting my life out like a chess game. Votes: 0

How do you beat Bobby Fischer? You play him at any game but chess. I try to stay in games where I have an edge. Votes: 0