Chess will always be the master of us all.
Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.
I didn't know so well chess theory, the theory of chess openings. And so, of course I knew the theory, but not on the level of the best players, so this was my... this was always my weakness.
I don't know if people know this but I am pretty good at chess. I was always on the chess team at school when I was younger.
The Chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chessboard, express their beauty abstractly, like a poem
A grandmaster must memorize thousands of chess duels in his head, as these are for him what words of the mother tongue are to the ordinary people and what notes are to a musician.
Chess is one long regret.
I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father - and later trainers. My style became very technical. I sacrificed a lot of things. I was always hunting for the king, for the mate. I'd forget about my other pieces.
Knight takes Knight,” I called into the cloudy night air. “Check.
Like everyone, I was a kid who played chess when I was young. And I am admittedly old enough to have been around during the fervor of the match in Reykjavik and the rise of Bobby Fischer, so those two things conspired to pique my interest.
Teach people to play new chess, right away. Why do you offer them a black and white television set, when there is a set in color?
[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.
I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.
I'm a pretty good chess player.
My mother is Russian and father Nepalese, so we always had a chess board at home. Chess is part of the culture in both Russia and Nepal.
Chess was the only thing Hermione ever lost at, something Harry and Ron thought was very good for her.
I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.
I think there's a misconception that chess players are all total nerds. Well, I guess they are.
Chess is, in essence, a game for children. Computers have exacerbated the trends towards youth because they now have an immensely powerful tool at their disposal and can absorb vast amounts of information extremely quickly.
One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people - men of the stature of Garry Kasparov, the former world champion, who was my part-time coach.
Americans really don't know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in chess. Americans like winners.
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.
The game of chess. Supposedly men made it up, and it's about war and men and the ravages and the bravery and the genius of commanding and moving pieces and ... No. It's marriage. The Queen moves anywhere she wants.
Online chess is very popular and cool, don't get me wrong, but it is a different discipline.
All that matters on the chessboard is good moves.
