Quotes of: Chess Keyword

In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this.

Vladimir Kramnik

When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical game for example. That is the beauty of clarity.

Vladimir Kramnik

If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board and the unanswered mail will have to manage without me if one of the books is a detective story.

Rex Stout

Crossword puzzles, Sudoku... I'm good at all those things. It's not daily, but I'll do stuff on the airplane. I love playing chess. It's my favorite game.

Larry Fitzgerald

Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player.

Max Euwe

Some people see life as a game of chess, while others prefer to see it as a game of cricket; but the longer I live, the more I think of it as a game of Consequences.

Craig Brown

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

I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.

Garry Kasparov

Skill at helping people grow spiritually, like skill at playing chess, depends on understanding and valuing differences.

John Ortberg

Nemo age 9: In chess, it's called Zugzwang... when the only viable move... Nemo Nobody aged 118: ...is not to move.

Mr. Nobody

Rosa Klebb: I hope Kronsteen's efforts as Director of Planning will continue to be as successful as his chess. Kronsteen: They will be.

From Russia with Love

I felt that chess... is a science in the form of a game... I consider myself a scientist. I wanted to be treated like a scientist.

Bobby Fischer

I love speculating about solutions to problems in mathematics. I have no interest whatever in sudoku. But I do look at chess and bridge problems in newspapers. I find that relaxing.

Vikram Seth

One of the things that first attracted me to chess is that it brings you into contact with intelligent, civilized people - men of the stature of Garry Kasparov, the former world champion, who was my part-time coach.

Magnus Carlsen

Sexiness, particularly in movies, is the chess game in the 'Thomas Crown Affair'. It's, it's, I don't know, but Faye Dunaway comes up a lot in that thinking. It's the subtlety of sexiness. The moment you try to be sexy, then it's not.

Daniel Craig

Dart Player: Stay on the road. Keep clear of the moors. Chess Player: Beware the moon, lads.

An American Werewolf in London

Dart Player: [to Dr. Hirsch] He'll change, He'll... Chess Player: THAT'S ENOUGH!... That's enough.

An American Werewolf in London

My idea is to make moves to bring chess back to the world's map, to make it part of the world's geography again.

Anatoly Karpov

I think that the actors that I work with feel safer with me. Because they know I understand what they go through and I don't see them as chess pieces.

Adrienne Shelly

You cannot run a multimillion-dollar business like you would a lemonade stand.

Chess, Not Checkers: Elevate Your Leadership Game

The negotiations were simultaneously cerebral and physical, abstract and personal, something like a combination of chess and mountain climbing.

To End a War