Chess Quotes
Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on the brink of disaster.
By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be - what human nature mostly delights in - a fight.
Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be.
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.
Chess960 is healthy and good for your chess. If you get into it and not just move the pieces to achieve known positions it really improves your chess vision.
Chess is a very logical game and it is the man who can reason most logically and profoundly in it that ought to win.
Alekhine evidently possesses the most remarkable chess memory that has ever existed. It is said that he remembers by heart all the games played by the leading masters during the last 15-20 years.
I try to help developing junior chess. When I lived in USSR, I got a lot of free help from very good coaches - now I am trying to repay that debt.
During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.
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.
It is not possible to become a great player without having learned how to analyse deeply and accurately.
You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.
You know I'm finished with the old chess because it's all just a lot of book and memorization you know.
Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game at my home, and I do play a little online.
The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.
The laws of chess do not permit a free choice: you have to move whether you like it or not.
The good thing in chess is that very often the best moves are the most beautiful ones. The beauty of logic.
Analysis, if it is really carried out with a complete concentration of his powers, forms and completes a chess player.
Fischer was a master of clarity and a king of artful positioning. His opponents would see where he was going but were powerless to stop him
I don't keep any close friends. I don't keep any secrets. I don't need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that's all.
Half the variations which are calculated in a tournament game turn out to be completely superfluous. Unfortunately, no one knows in advance which half
When chess masters err, ordinary wood pushers tend to derive a measure of satisfaction, if not actual glee.
Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight, although some players make use of them as if they thought they conferred sight
I am more strongly confirmed than ever in the belief that the time devoted to chess is literally frittered away.
It is impossible to ignore a highly important factor of the chess struggle - psychology.
Intuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position.
The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters.
Don't worry about your rating, work on your playing strength and your rating will follow.