Chess Quotes - Page 13

Patience is the most valuable trait of the endgame player.

I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune.

The game of chess is the most fascinating and intellectual pastime which the wisdom of antiquity has bequeathed to us.

Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one of the purest, most crystal-clear in the entire history of chess, astonishes one with his logic.

It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan

The range of circumstances in which it is possible to presuppose the presence of a combination is very limited. The presence of such circumstances is the reason for the genesis of the idea in the master's brain.

After a bad opening, there is hope for the middle game. After a bad middle game, there is hope for the endgame. But once you are in the endgame, the moment of truth has arrived

My sister bought me a set at a candy store and taught me the moves.

One charming characteristic of many flank attacks I could mention is that they do not very often lead to simplification: if the attack is parried, there usually are still opportunities left for initiating action in another sector.

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.

Let the perfectionist play postal.

Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research.

A considerable role in the forming of my style was played by an early attraction to study composition.

Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player

A knowledge of combinations is the foundation of positional chess.

Never copy yourself, always copy someone else.

He can be regarded as the great master of simplification. The art of resolving the tension at the critical moment and in the most effacious way so as to clarify the position as desired is Capablanca's own.

In positions of strategic manoeuvring (where time is not of decisive importance) seek the worst-placed piece. Activating that piece is often the most reliable way of improving your position as a whole.

Today, chess programs have become so good that even grandmasters sometimes struggle to understand the logic behind some of their moves.

My opponent left a glass of whisky 'en prise' and I took it 'en passant'.

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.

Some studies make such a deep impression on you that they stay etched in your memory forever.

Chess is a great game. No matter how good one is, there is always somebody better. No matter how bad one is, there is always somebody worse.

I’ve seen - both in myself and my competitors - how satisfaction can lead to a lack of vigilance, then to mistakes and missed opportunities.

Without error, there is no brilliancy.