Quotes About Chess

I tend not to dwell on the parallels between chess and business, chess and the martial arts, or any two things for that matter, because the truth is that all pursuits are connected if we gain an eye for the thematic links.

I may play some exhibition games so I don't want to quit the game of chess completely. I just decided and it's a firm decision not to play competitive chess anymore.

Even when the time control has been reached, there is one situation where you want to act as if it has not: when your position is absolutely lost.

In conclusion, if you want to unravel the multitude of secrets of chess then don't begrudge the time.

I don't like politics especially in chess. All I want is promote chess 24/7.

Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawn shop?

I love speculating about solutions to problems in mathematics. I have no interest whatever in sudoku. But I do look at chess and bridge problems in newspapers. I find that relaxing.

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.

La vida, hijo mío, es como la primera partida de ajedrez. Cuando empiezas a entender cómo se mueven las piezas, ya has perdido.

When the Ladies Chess Club was founded in London in 1895 and the first international women-only competition took place two years later, most clubs and competitions didn't accept women at all.

The pudgy one moved his bishop and immediately turned the beetle around and started it trudging back the other way. "If the beetle just cuts across the corner, is time up then?" Starling asked. "Of course time's up then," the pudgy one said loudly, without looking up. "Of course it's up then. How do you play? Do you make him cross the whole board? Who do you play against, a sloth?

L'échiquier représente le monde, les pièces sont les phénomènes de l'univers, les règles du jeu sont ce qu'on appelle les lois de la nature, et le joueur de l'autre côté nous est caché.

Tis useful nonetheless, now and then, to regard Politics here, as the greater American Question in Miniature,— in the way that Chess represents war,— with Governor Penn a game-piece in the form of the King.

It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to.

Son conscientes las piezas del ajedrez de que todas sus acciones, todos sus triunfos y sus derrotas, nunca les han pertenecido?

I prefer a more stable game." He tapped the chess-board meaningfully. "Games of strategy which rely on agreed rules and which avoid all semblance of luck are far more to my taste than cards or dice. I like to know where all the pieces are. I like to know what's possible in a game. I don't appreciate being surprised. Would you agree, Miss Winters?

Pero ella había muerto. Su matrimonio sólo duró cinco años; y después comprendió que sólo podría vivir contra aquel vago y temible enemigo que le privaba de su dignidad de hombre al controlar su destino, que convertía la vida en una triste lucha contra un fin predestinado, que hacía de todo el universo un juego de ajedrez odioso y mortal.

It is odd that, though no one who has never studied chess would dream he could beat a Grand Master, so many strict amateurs with little or no scientific training are convinced they can point out the 'obvious' flaws in Einstein's theories.

Votbinnik had Jandorf practically in Zugzwang (his pieces all tied up, Bill explained)

Chess.com is my home turf.

I'd love to see pitches start very dry all over the world, which is good for batting but means there will be turn - a cricket match without spinners is like a chess match without two important pieces - a less interesting game.

You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.

When you are lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war

I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son.