Capablanca was among the greatest of chess players, but not because of his endgame. His trick was to keep his openings simple, and then play with such brilliance in the middlegame that the game was decided - even though his ooponent didn't always know it - before they arrived at the ending.
Chess is a matter of vanity.
Chess will always be the master of us all.
Chess is not dominoes
There are fixed rules in chess, and no one knows how the game will end.
Every game in this league is close, and it's going to come down to making plays at the end.
Chess is one of the few arts where composition takes place simultaneously with performance
I think I've always been a player who's done better in the second half, who's done better in the fourth quarter. That's the fun time to play, when everything you've worked for the whole game boils down to those last few possessions.
[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.
Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated.
The way in which the USA and Great Britain delivered Iraq to the Iraqis, the way and means that this played out, that is the endgame.
There is no remorse like a remorse of chess. It is a curse upon man. There is no happiness in chess.
The importance of first-week sales has kind of diminished, in our opinion, in the industry, and we don't really know what it really means anymore. It is what it is in the industry. And for us, it's all about the endgame, not where it begins.
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
A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games.
As president, my goal in Afghanistan will be to complete a successful transition to Afghan security forces by the end of 2014. I will evaluate conditions on the ground and solicit the best advice of our military commanders. And I will affirm that my duty is not to my political prospects, but to the security of the nation.
The Queen is usually reckoned equal, in average situations, to two Rooks and a Pawn, but towards the end of a game she is hardly so valuable as two Rooks.
I like playing in the later stages of games because there is more space when everybody's legs are tired.
