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Chess Player Inspirational Quotes (2575)

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There is no democracy in Russia. Dictators do not go away through the vote. Putin relies on riot police, thousands of them, with heavy equipment, fighting Russian youngsters from opposition.
Garry Kasparov
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I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.
Anatoly Karpov
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As with Steinitz, Fischer's genius has often been concealed by controversies away from the board. Like Lasker, Fischer has raised chess to new financial heights despite frequent retreats from serious play. And, like Capablanca, Fischer is recognized by millions of non-players and has won the game many new enthusiasts.
Andrew Soltis
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I have also heard that GM Oscar Panno said that -whenever you have to make a rook move and both rooks are available for said move- you should evaluate which rook to move and, once you have made up your mind... MOVE THE OTHER ONE!!!
Oscar Panno
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Literature was not born the day when a boy crying wolf, wolf came running out of the Neanderthal valley with a big gray wolf at his heels literature was born on the day when a boy came crying wolf, wolf and there was no wolf behind him.
Vladimir Nabokov
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My forte was the middlegame. I had a good feeling for the critical moments of the play. This undoubtedly compensated for my lack of opening preparation and, possibly, not altogether perfect play in the endgame. In my games things often did not reach the endgame!
Boris Spassky
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Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle.
Aleister Crowley
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One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat
Siegbert Tarrasch
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Bad films gave me the courage to try making a movie
Stanley Kubrick
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I think that the World Champion should try to defend the quality of play more than anyone else.
Boris Spassky
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Attack! Always Attack!
Adolf Anderssen
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Though most people love to look at the games of the great attacking masters, some of the most successful players in history have been the quiet positional players. They slowly grind you down by taking away your space, tying up your pieces, and leaving you with virtually nothing to do!
Yasser Seirawan
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Describing one competitive advantage of IBM's Deep Blue chess computer. It has no fear.
Yasser Seirawan
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How come the little things bother you when you are in a bad position? They don't bother you in good positions.
Yasser Seirawan
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Let the perfectionist play postal.
Yasser Seirawan
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The world championship is a disputed title. You've got a situation like boxing. Speaking as a member of the chess world, it's extremely undignified.
Yasser Seirawan
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The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Benjamin Franklin
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As a rule, so-called positional sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.
Alexander Alekhine
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I have a figure, and there aren't many girls out there right now who have that.
Carmen Kass
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Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
Benjamin Franklin
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It is impossible to ignore a highly important factor of the chess struggle - psychology.
Yuri Averbakh
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Botvinnik was a killer in chess.
Yuri Averbakh
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Only a good bishop can be sacrificed, a bad bishop can only be lost.
Yuri Razuvaev
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Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating.
Samuel Reshevsky
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