www.eurochess.hu: Chess Quotes It is one thing to be clever (George R. R. Martin) |
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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 - Marcel Duchamp By move 3, at least one of your knights should be out. I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was an attack of rheumatism. In the fourth game, I wasn’t feeling well. And in the fifth game? Well, must one have to win every game? - Siegbert Tarrasch By the beauty of his games, the clarity of his play, and the brilliance of his ideas, Fischer made himself an artist of the same stature as Brahms, Rembrandt, and Shakespeare - David Levy Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check. - Aron Nimzowitsch Examine moves that smite! A good eye for smites is far more important than a knowledge of strategical principles. - Purdy Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people. - Boris Spassky For success I consider three factors are necessary: firstly, an awareness of my own strengths and weaknesses: secondly, an accurate understanding of my opponent's strengths and weaknesses: thirdly, a higher aim than momentary satisfaction. I see this aim as being scientific and artistic achievements, which place the game of chess on a par with other arts. - Alexander Alekhine Chess is as much a mystery as women - Purdy First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns. - Mikhail Tal Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position- Anatoly Karpov |