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Chess Player Inspirational Quotes (2578)

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I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening experience and, although I love Norway, I also enjoy visiting new countries. I don't get homesick.
Magnus Carlsen
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Thinking about how disturbingly herdlike people become in so many different contexts - mimetic theory forces you to think about that, which is knowledge that's generally suppressed and hidden. As an investor-entrepreneur, I've always tried to be contrarian, to go against the crowd, to identify opportunities in places where people are not looking.
Peter Thiel
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The truth is that throughout my careers in both chess and the martial arts, I often knew that my rivals were more naturally gifted than me - either with their mental machines or their bodies. But I have believed in my training, my approach to learning, and my ability to rise to the challenge under pressure.
Joshua Waitzkin
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The international repercussions were shattering to some extent - there is no intention to repeat operations of such kind in the future.[Viktor] Yanukovych's electoral victory clearly demonstrated that there are no pro-Russian politicians in the Ukraine, just Ukrainian politicians.
Garry Kasparov
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Onions can make even Heirs and Widows weep.
Benjamin Franklin
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Be a harsh critic of your own wins.
Vasilios Kotronias
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Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess.
Vasily Smyslov
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No fantasy, however rich, no technique, however masterly, no penetration into the psychology of the opponent, however deep, can make a chess game a work of art, if these qualities do not lead to the main goal - the search for truth.
Vasily Smyslov
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My fascination for studies proved highly beneficial, it assisted the development of my aesthetic understanding of chess, and improved my endgame play.
Vasily Smyslov
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In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent.
Vasily Smyslov
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There is nothing wrong with trying to exploit the natural human tendency to become impatient when forced to play a boring position.
Pal Benko
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Stand firm, don't flutter!
Benjamin Franklin
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Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.
Benjamin Franklin
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Art has the lovely habit of ruining all artistic theories.
Marcel Duchamp
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Skeletons of mice are often to be found in coconuts, for it is easier to get in, slim and greedy, than to get out, appeased but fat.
Viktor Korchnoi
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All obvious moves look dubious in analysis after the game.
Viktor Korchnoi
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The whole life with a wife is like an end game with two bishops of different colors.
Viktor Korchnoi
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The only positive contribution to chess from Fischer in the last 20 years.
Viktor Korchnoi
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The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.
Viktor Korchnoi
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Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.
Viktor Korchnoi
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As a rule, the more mistakes there are in a game, the more memorable it remains, because you have suffered and worried over each mistake at the board.
Viktor Korchnoi
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I don't study I create.
Viktor Korchnoi
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It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock.
Viktor Korchnoi
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Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his nerves, and at the same time he must be perfectly composed.
Viktor Korchnoi
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