www.eurochess.hu: Chess Quotes It is one thing to be clever (George R. R. Martin) |
Do you realize Fischer almost never has any bad pieces? He exchanges them, and the bad pieces remain with his opponents - Yuri Balashov Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. - Alexander Alekhine I have frequently stated that I regard chess as an art form, where creativity prevails over other factors. - Vasily Smyslov You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one- Mikhail Tal The stomach is an essential part of the Chess master - Bent Larsen The aim was simple: to deprive Karpov of his favourite occupation - standing at the board, staring straight at his opponent. While I was wearing these glasses, all he could admire was his own reflection. - Viktor Korchnoi 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. - Magnus Carlsen Chess is like war on a board - Bobby Fischer There must have been a time when men were demigods, or they could not have invented Chess - Gustav Schenk Sometimes at lectures I am asked: how would the champions of the last century play today? I think that, after making a hurried study of modern openings, and watching one or two tournaments, the champions of the last century, and indeed the century before that, would very quickly occupy the same place that they occupied when they were alive. - David Bronstein In almost any position the boundless possibilities of chess enable a new or at least a little-studied continuation to be found. – Tigran Petrosian |