Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately Votes: 3
Mikhail BotvinnikChess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research. Votes: 3
Wilhelm SteinitzChess sharpens the mind, stimulates concentration, improves the memory and promotes visualization. Votes: 3
Samuel ReshevskyFIDE has decided against my participation in the 1975 World Chess Champion title. Votes: 3
Bobby FischerChess truly uncovers whether or not someone has imagination and takes initiative. Votes: 3
Christian MorgensternChess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular. Votes: 3
Alexandra KosteniukThe Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner. Votes: 3
Howard StauntonLife is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events. Votes: 3
Benjamin FranklinChess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency Votes: 3
Raymond ChandlerBy playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution. Votes: 3
Benjamin FranklinChess is one of the few arts where composition takes place simultaneously with performance Votes: 3
Garry KasparovNo Chess Grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness Votes: 3
Viktor KorchnoiFischer Chess play was always razor-sharp, rational and brilliant. One of the best ever Votes: 3
Dave RegisChess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck. Votes: 3
Bobby FischerA passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. Votes: 3
Jose Raul CapablancaChess is not something that drives people mad; it is something that keeps mad people sane. Votes: 3
William HartstonFor surely of all the drugs in the world, Chess must be the most permanently pleasurable Votes: 3
Heinrich FraenkelChess and boxing have a lot in common, as both sports rely on the right strategy. Votes: 3
Vitali KlitschkoThe public must come to see that chess is a violent sport. Chess is mental torture. Votes: 3
Garry KasparovChess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways. Votes: 3
Vladimir KramnikChess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists Votes: 3
Mikhail BotvinnikChess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. Votes: 3
Raymond ChandlerChess is a forcing house where the fruits of character can ripen more fully than in life Votes: 3
E. M. ForsterChess is a part of culture and if a culture is declining then Chess too will decline Votes: 3
Mikhail BotvinnikChess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory. Votes: 3
Max EuweChess is neither a science nor an art. It is what human nature most delights in--a fight. Votes: 3
Emanuel LaskerI know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess Votes: 3
Bobby FischerDuring a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk Votes: 3
Alexander AlekhineThe best indicator of a Chess Player's form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game. Votes: 3
Boris SpasskyChess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art. Votes: 3
Napoleon BonaparteLife is like playing the game of Chess against yourself, to win you must beat the blacks of you. Votes: 3
Hassaan AliChess is a time game, it's a game of patience. That pretty much defines how I run the ball. Votes: 3
Priest HolmesChess has this in common with making poetry; that the desire for it comes upon the amateur in gusts. Votes: 3
A. A. MilneWhen I have White, I win because I am white; When I have Black, I win because I am Bogolyubov Votes: 3
Nikolay BogolyubovThe highest Art of the Chess player lies in not allowing your Opponent to show you what he can do. Votes: 3
Garry KasparovI'm playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers, that's why I always lose Votes: 1
Josh SternPeople are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. Votes: 1
Nicolas ChamfortSome guys live in worlds where pawns stay pawns. I'm one move from king. Votes: 1
Darnell Lamont WalkerHer sigh felt dragged from the depths of her soul. Great. Working for Bump again. Votes: 1
Stacia KaneWith magic almost anything was possible; all objects had energy, and energy could be manipulated. Votes: 1
Stacia KaneHaving good strategies in playing chess is often a good indication of being focused in life Votes: 1
Martin DanskyWe are men who find chess fascinating. Did you expect our lives to be secretly interesting? Votes: 1
Noah BoydPeople, she was discovering, were like cockroaches: If you allowed one in, more were sure to follow. Votes: 1
Stacia KaneDrawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make. Votes: 1
David HockneyA great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. Votes: 1
William HazlittMy problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible Votes: 1
Dave BarryTo play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess. Votes: 1
Mikhail TalDaring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. Votes: 1
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLife is like playing the game of chess against yourself, to win, you must beat the blacks of you. Votes: 1
Hassaan AliWhen I am white I win because I am white. When I am black I win because I am Bogoljubov Votes: 1
Efim BogoljubovLove is like a chess match, where the queen wins the game and the king just sort of stands around. Votes: 1
Jarod KintzIt's true that in chess as in politics, fund-raising and glad-handing matter. Votes: 0
Garry KasparovI think a player constantly improves his understanding of chess with experience. Votes: 0
Yasser SeirawanI also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting. Votes: 0
Boris SpasskyYeah, dolphins and monkeys basically could play chess together. Those are brilliant animals. Votes: 0
Perry DeAngelisAlong with my retirement from chess analytical work seems to have gone too. Votes: 0
Mikhail BotvinnikTo improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame. Votes: 0
Jose Raul CapablancaThe placing of the center pawns determines the 'topography' of a game of chess. Votes: 0
Alexander KotovDescribing one competitive advantage of IBM's Deep Blue chess computer. It has no fear. Votes: 0
Yasser SeirawanFencing isn't really fighting. It's more like chess with the risk of puncture wounds Votes: 0
Lisa KleypasWomen, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters. Votes: 0
Garry KasparovIt's little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine. Votes: 0
Bobby FischerLasker thought that his rationalism rendered him immune from the surprises of chess theory. Votes: 0
Savielly TartakowerIf people will be interested in me, they will be interested in chess also. Votes: 0
Alexandra KosteniukA Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover. Votes: 0
Savielly TartakowerIt is impossible to ignore a highly important factor of the chess struggle - psychology. Votes: 0
Yuri AverbakhMy father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life. Votes: 0
Magnus CarlsenTraining in analysis (like any other form of chess training) should be treated very seriously. Votes: 0
Mark DvoretskyI'd like to always be romantic in chess. Sadly, this doesn't always work like that. Votes: 0
Mikhail TalI stopped taking notes on my Palm Pilot and started playing the little chess game. Votes: 0
Roger EbertI feel that my chess strengths are still here, .. I believe I can still improve. Votes: 0
Garry KasparovIt is peculiar but a fact nevertheless, that the gamblers in chess have enthusiastic followers. Votes: 0
Mikhail BotvinnikPeople are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess. Votes: 0
Nicolas ChamfortCoaching secrets? I don't think I got any. The main "secret" - love for chess. Votes: 0
Ashot NadanianIn boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess. Votes: 0
Lennox LewisThere is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman. Votes: 0
Charles Dudley WarnerThere is nothing like chess to keep the brain smart, and give it a workout. Votes: 0
Arnold SchwarzeneggerBe warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess. Votes: 0
Adrian RogersAvoidance of mistakes is the beginning, as it is the end, of mastery in chess. Votes: 0
Eugene Znosko-BorovskyIf you want to build a high performance organization, you've got to play chess, not checkers. Votes: 0
Mark MillarLogic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival. Votes: 0
Frank HerbertWilhelm Steinitz was the first man to appreciate the inherent logic behind the game of chess. Votes: 0
William HartstonAvoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. Votes: 0
Ralph CharellIf you don't have an end game of something delightful, you're just moving chess pieces around. Votes: 0
William McDonoughDespite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess. Votes: 0
Vasily SmyslovCaissa, the goddess of chess, had punished me for my conservative play, for betraying my nature. Votes: 0
Garry KasparovRemy you're my king." I hug him hard. "There's no chess game for me without you. Votes: 0
Katy EvansI consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees. Votes: 0
Alexander AlekhineThe beauty of a game of chess is usually assessed according to the sacrifices it contains. Votes: 0
Rudolf SpielmannBaseball is a kind of collective chess with arms and legs in full play under sunlight. Votes: 0
Jacques BarzunI am lucky, .. that the popular sport in the Soviet Union was chess and not baseball. Votes: 0
Garry KasparovLike us as Black", beg the chess pieces," and you will anyway like us as White Votes: 0
Isaac BoleslavskyTo play a match for the World Championship is the cherished dream of every chess player. Votes: 0
David BronsteinI believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. Votes: 0
Alexander AlekhineThere is luck in chess. My opponent was lucky that he was playing against an idiot. Votes: 0
James M. LoyThe laws of chess are as beautiful as those governing the universe - and as deadly. Votes: 0
Katherine NevilleIt is rightly said that the most difficult thing in chess is winning a won position Votes: 0
Vladimir KramnikA game of chess is not an examination of knowledge; it is a battle of nerves. Votes: 0
David BronsteinI know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw ... Votes: 0
Nigel ShortI play a lot of chess. I probably played 200 games while we were making 'Andromeda.' Votes: 0
Ricky SchroderI have always had a slight feeling of pity for man who has no knowledge of chess. Votes: 0
Siegbert TarraschMy dad was more, "Let's play chess. Read a book, you're stupid." He's more the intellectual type. Votes: 0
Michelle Rodriguez... My achievements in the field of chess are the result of immense hard work in studying theory ... Votes: 0
Alexander KotovHe liked to play chess and do intelligent things, and I was a serious drinker and nonthinker. Votes: 0
Warren G. HardingBlack is now in desperate need of a good idea. Or, to put it standard chess notation, +- Votes: 0
Mark DvoretskyThe battle for the ultimate truth will never be won. And that's why chess is so fascinating. Votes: 0
Hans KmochI have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else. Votes: 0
Bobby FischerMany men, many styles; what is chess style but the intangible expression of the will to win. Votes: 0
Aron NimzowitschI have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca! Votes: 0
Emanuel LaskerI got arrested for playing chess in the street. I said, it's because I'm black, isn't it. Votes: 0
Milton JonesThroughout my chess career I sought out new challenges, looking for things no one had done before. Votes: 0
Garry KasparovMy problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible. Votes: 0
Dave BarryEvery time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess. Votes: 0
Viktor KorchnoiTo play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess. Votes: 0
Mikhail TalI like to play chess with bald men in the park although it's hard to find 32 of them. Votes: 0
Emo PhilipsThe present situation in physics is as if we know chess, but we don't know one or two rules. Votes: 0
Richard P. FeynmanI have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune. Votes: 0
Mikhail TalNo, no, it is obvious that the ECU should act as a close alliance for the benefit of chess. Votes: 0
Anatoly KarpovIntuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position. Votes: 0
Viswanathan AnandI get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly. Votes: 0
Magnus CarlsenI am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person. Votes: 0
Magnus CarlsenThe laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not. Votes: 0
Emanuel LaskerI still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back. Votes: 0
Anatoly KarpovThere was a time in my life when I almost thought I could never lose a single duel of chess. Votes: 0
Jose Raul CapablancaI think I can safely conclude that there is not a lot to be said for playing chess while on Valium. Votes: 0
Tony MilesThere is no remorse like a remorse of chess. It is a curse upon man. There is no happiness in chess. Votes: 0
H. G. WellsFighting for me is a chess game. I'm not angry with my opponent. I just want to go in there and win. Votes: 0
Demian MaiaAs a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine. Votes: 0
Levon AronianLook 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 Steve Sabol
When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game. Votes: 4 Michael Birch
The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost. Votes: 3 Viktor Korchnoi
Once you're a chess player, you spend a lot of time thinking about the game and you can't get it completely out of your head. Votes: 5 Magnus Carlsen