Quotes by Playing Chess Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess. Anatoly Karpov playing-chessplayerdog You know you're going to lose. Even when I was ahead I knew I was going to lose -on playing against Fischer Andrew Soltis playing-chessfischerchess-game By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources Benjamin Franklin playing-chesssecretmay By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution. Benjamin Franklin playing-chessmayfirsts All I want to do, ever, is play chess. Bobby Fischer playing-chesswantplay If I win a tournament, I win it by myself. I do the playing. Nobody helps me Bobby Fischer playing-chesschess-gamewinning Nothing excites jaded Grandmasters more than a theoretical novelty Dominic Lawson playing-chessjadednovelty It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory. Douglass North playing-chessjobsfirsts In Chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically eliminated. Emanuel Lasker playing-chesschancemasters Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival. Frank Herbert playing-chesssurvivalneeds The passion for playing Chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world H. G. Wells playing-chesspassionworld Every Chess master was once a beginner Irving Chernev playing-chessbeginnerslearning I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up. Magnus Carlsen playing-chessgiving-upfun No fool can play chess, and only fools do. Marc Lowrance playing-chessplaychess Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation Max Euwe playing-chesstacticsthinking It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well Siegbert Tarrasch playing-chessplayersuccess I think I can safely conclude that there is not a lot to be said for playing chess while on Valium. Tony Miles valiumplaying-chessthinking Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big aims, he should limit his rapidplay in favour of serious chess. Vladimir Kramnik playing-chesslimitsplayer I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings Wilhelm Steinitz playing-chessdefencechess Ralph... would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player. William Golding playing-chessdecisionplayer12»
