Best 681 quotes in «chess quotes» category

To my way of thinking, Troitzky has no peer among endgame compsers; no one else has composed so many and such varied endings of the first rank.

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

Touch the pawns before your king with only infinite delicacy.

Tournament chess is not relaxing. It's stressful, even if you win.

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

Ultimately, what separates a Winner from a Loser at the Grandmaster level is the Willingness to do the Unthinkable.

Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.

Universality is the distinguishing mark of genius. There is no such thing as a special genius, a genius for mathematics, or for music, or even for chess, but only a universal genius. The genius is a man who knows everything without having learned it.

Unless a player has an 'understanding chess' rating of at least 2400, the amount of significant knowledge that he can impart on others is limited.

Until computers and robots make quantum advances, they basically remain adding machines: capable only of doing things in which all the variables are controlled and predictable. Robots are bad at pattern recognition and certainly at common sense. That's why computers can beat humans in chess but can't have even a basic conversation with a six-year-old.

We've seen computers play chess and beat grand masters. We've seen computers drive a car across a desert. But interestingly, playing chess is easy, but having a conversation about nothing is really difficult for a computer.

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

We often hear the terms 'positional' and 'tactical' used as opposites. But this is as wrong as to consider a painting's composition unrelated to its subject. Just as there is no such thing as 'artistic' art, so there is no such thing as 'positional' chess.

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

Watching the season for me is about watching the chess matches.

We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.

We don't really know how the game was invented, though there are suspicions. As soon as we discover the culprits, we'll let you know

What do I do when we're not taping? Sit in a dark room and refine my plans for someday ruling Earth from a blimp. And chess.

When you have a World Champion in your smartphone, the myth of the superior brainpower of human chess champions has lost its power.

When Garri Kasparov wrestles with his conscience, he always wins. It's what he's best at.

When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical game for example. That is the beauty of clarity.

When you defend, try not to worry or become upset. Keep your cool and trust your position - it's all you've got.

When you're good at something, you should continue to do it. Too many players have stopped at a relatively young age.

What we need are lots of girls who aren't as good as us, who'll treat us with the proper respect and reverance.

What work I have done I have done because it has been play. If it had been work I shouldn't have done it.

When everything on the board is clear it can be so difficult to conceal your thoughts from your opponent.

When I was eleven, I just got good.

When Marx got into a difficult position he would get angry and losing a game would cause him to fly into a rage.

When my opponent's clock is going I discuss general considerations in an internal dialogue with myself. When my own clock is going I analyse conctrete variations.

When you absolutely don't know what to do anymore, it is time to panic

When you play against an experienced opponent who exploits all the defensive resources at his command you sometimes have to walk time and again, along the narrow path of 'the only move'.

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

While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.

While some are as loathe to trade a Bishop for a Knight as a Cadillac for a Chevrolet, others are prepared to do so without hesitation.

With a name like that, he must be Catholic, right?

White has no positional equivalent for the centralized pawn.

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

Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to play chess." - Ch. 5

Within these premises, the only thing one can be is an impeccable mediator. One is not the player in this cosmic match of chess, one is simply a pawn on the chessboard. What decides everything is a conscious impersonal energy that sorcerers call intent or the Spirit.

With or without the title, Bobby Fischer was unquestionably the greatest player of his time

Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique.

You know, comrade Pachman, I don't enjoy being a Minister, I would rather play chess like you, or make a revolution in Venezuela.

Yeah, I used to dress badly until I was about sixteen. But people just didn't seem to have enough respect for me, you know And I didn't like that, so I decided I'd have to show them they weren't any better than me, you know? They were sort of priding themselves. They would say, 'He beat us at chess, but he's still just an uncouth kid.' So I decided to dress up.

You can permit yourself any liberty in the opening except the luxury of a passive position.

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

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

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

Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience.

You must be able to handle a variety of move orders during the first 5-6 moves - otherwise you'll find yourself 'tricked' time and time again.

Your only task in the opening is to reach a playable middlegame.