Quotes by Chess Everything is in a state of flux, and this includes the world of Chess Mikhail Botvinnik states chess world A knight ending is really a pawn ending. Mikhail Botvinnik pawns knights chess In my games I have sometimes found a combination intuitively simply feeling that it must be there. Yet I was not able to translate my thought processes into normal human language. Mikhail Tal games chess feelings Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess. Mikhail Tal girl imagination chess Botvinnik's right! When he says such things, then he's right. Usually, I prefer not to study chess but to play it. For me chess is more an art than a science. It's been said that Alekhine and I played similar chess, except that he studied more. Yes, perhaps, but I have to say that he played, too. Mikhail Tal play chess art Many Chess players were surprised when after the game, Fischer quietly explained: 'I had already analyzed this possibility' in a position which I thought was not possible to foresee from the opening Mikhail Tal player games chess Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight! Mikhail Tal women knights chess I'd like to always be romantic in chess. Sadly, this doesn't always work like that. Mikhail Tal chess Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chess heavens. Mikhail Tal genius chess heaven Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique. Mikhail Tal technique chess trying Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine Mikhail Tal sacrifice sound chess Chess isn't football or hockey. Mikhail Tal hockey chess football I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune. Mikhail Tal player matter chess If you don't know what to play, play nothing. Miles Davis knows play chess For a game it is too serious, for seriousness too much of a game. Moses Mendelssohn too-much games chess Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art. Napoleon Bonaparte games chess art Computers have proved to be formidable chess players. In fact, they've beaten our top human chess champions. Neil deGrasse Tyson champion player chess If chess is a vast jungle, computers are the chainsaws in a giant environmentally insensitive logging company. Nigel Short logging giants chess I know that with perfect play, God versus God, Fritz versus Fritz, chess is a draw. Nigel Short perfect play chess Mathematics is a field which has often been compared with chess, but differs from the latter in that it is only one's best moments that count and not one's worst. Norbert Wiener moments fields chess «1617181920212223242526»
