It's patterns," he said. "If they think you're a hero, they're wrong. After you die, you don't get to be Beowulf or Perseus or Rama anymore. Whole different set of rules. Chess, not checkers. Go, not chess. You understand?
It's not that the Democrats are playing checkers and the Republicans are playing chess. It's that the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are in the nurse's office because once again they glued their balls to their thighs.
You bring to chess facets of your personality and what you are. I have interests other than chess, like music and world and current affairs. I also have many friends around the world with whom I like to keep in touch.
Life's to short for chess.
The reason I like the game chess is because each move has countless repercussions, but you're in charge of them. And it's your ability to see into the future and the effects of the decisions you've made that males you either a good or not a good ches...
Reductio ad absurdum, which Euclid loved so much, is one of a mathematician's finest weapons. It is a far finer gambit than any chess play: a chess player may offer the sacrifice of a pawn or even a piece, but a mathematician offers the game.
When I was about six, I saw my elder siblings play chess and pestered my mother into teaching me. Very soon, I was beating everyone at home, and they thought it would be good to join a club. So my sister would take me to the Tal chess club on Thursda...
Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world and do what I truly enjoy. Moreover, chess players love being their own boss and hate having to wake up early!
Life's too short for chess.
Bart: Well, Jim, since you are my guest and I am your host, what's your pleasure? What do you like to do? Jim: Oh, I don't know. Play chess... screw... Bart: [quickly] Well, let's play chess.
The broader the chess player you are, the easier it is to be competitive, and the same seems to be true of mathematics - if you can find links between different branches of mathematics, it can help you resolve problems. In both mathematics and chess,...
Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.
Chess is not for timid souls.
In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.
I'm a pretty good chess player.
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
Hermione: Ron, you don't suppose this is going to be like... *real* wizard's chess, do you? Ron: [looks around] You there, D5! [one of the giant black pawns crosses the board, the white pawn smashes it with a violent blow] Ron: [swallows] Yes, Hermio...
In Kansas I have a chess school.
I failed to make the chess team because of my height.
Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess.
Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.
