Quotes by Chess When you absolutely don't know what to do anymore, it is time to panic John van der Wiel humour panic chess Hold'em is to stud what chess is to checkers. Johnny Moss gambling ems chess ...the initial position is decisive Zugzwang. Jon Speelman initials position chess None of the great players has been so incomprehensible to the majority of amateurs and even masters, as Emanuel Lasker. Jose Raul Capablanca majority player chess The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters. Jose Raul Capablanca games chess way To improve at chess you should in the first instance study the endgame. Jose Raul Capablanca study chess firsts There was a time in my life when I almost thought I could never lose a single duel of chess. Jose Raul Capablanca loses chess As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent Jose Raul Capablanca superiority chess I have not given any drawn or lost games, because I thought them inadequate to the purpose of the book. Jose Raul Capablanca games chess book Excellent! I will still be in time for the ballet! Jose Raul Capablanca ballet excellent chess To my way of thinking, Troitzky has no peer among endgame compsers; no one else has composed so many and such varied endings of the first rank. Jose Raul Capablanca peers chess thinking It was Steinitz who was the first to establish the basic principles of general chess strategy. He was a pioneer and one of the most profound researchers into the thruth of the game, which was hidden from his contemporaries. Jose Raul Capablanca games chess profound No other great master has been so misunderstood by the vast majority of chess amateurs and even by many masters, as has Emanuel Lasker. Jose Raul Capablanca misunderstood majority chess My opponent left a glass of whisky 'en prise' and I took it 'en passant'. Joseph Henry Blackburne opponents glasses chess In chess you might find a good move. Then you might find a better move. But take your time. Find the best move. Joshua Waitzkin chess might moving My coach and my parents both had this relationship to what I was doing, which was allowing me to express myself with chess. And so I could love it. I had a passion for it. I was expressing myself through chess, and I was learning about myself through chess. Joshua Waitzkin passion parent chess Marriage is like a chess match is initiated and the board expands over time until it takes up all of a life. Jonathan Safran Foer chess-match boards chess Chess is thirty to forty percent psychology. You don't have this when you play a computer. I can't confuse it Judit Polgar psychology play chess One can say that in the last decades chess has become more of a sport than of a science. I see it from an artistic point of view. Judit Polgar views chess sports India and China are improving by leaps and bounds and it will be their chess players who will lead the revolution of the XXI century. Judit Polgar india player chess «1112131415161718192021»