Browsing Topic Best Chess Game Quotes

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.

I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves

Life’s too short for chess.

That’s what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one

My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration

I like the moment when I break a man’s ego.

All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves.

Every chess game is like taking a five-hour final exam.

Tactics flow from a superior position

You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances

I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other ‘gentleman’ stuff is a chess game, especially these days.

If I win a tournament, I win it by myself. I do the playing. Nobody helps me

I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess Others give only 2 percent

Blessed be the memory of him who gave the world this immortal game

Pitches are like pages of a book; they’re so important. The chess game; how I set you up early, and how I’ll do it differently later.

The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions, for life is a kind of chess.

Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.

The defensive power of a pinned piece is only imaginary

I think it’s almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically.

I am the best player in the world, and I am here to prove it.

Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind

No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.

When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive.

I’m not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I’m the best. You don’t need a match to prove it.

I love chess, and I didn’t invent Fischerandom chess to destroy chess. I invented Fischerandom chess to keep chess going. Because I consider the old chess is dying, it really is dead. A lot of people have come up with other rules of chess-type games, with 10×8 boards, new pieces, and all kinds of things. I’m really not interested in that. I want to keep the old chess flavor. I want to keep the old chess game. But just making a change so the starting positions are mixed, so it’s not degenerated down to memorisation and prearrangement like it is today.

There are tough players and nice guys, and I’m a tough player

You know you’re going to lose. Even when I was ahead I knew I was going to lose -on playing against Fischer

The enormous mental resilience, without which no Chess player can exist, was so much taken up by Chess that he could never free his mind of this game

You can only get good at Chess if you love the game

The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You’re a pawn in somebody else’s chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that’s very thrilling.

Methodical thinking is of more use in Chess than inspiration

Don’t even mention losing to me. I can’t stand to think of it

No matter what the name, we’re all the same pieces in one big chess game.

Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a little closer to it than if you compare it to a bloody brawl in an alley.

Fighting for me is a chess game. I’m not angry with my opponent. I just want to go in there and win.