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Chess Player Inspirational Quotes (2575)

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What nerds miss is that it takes hard work to make sales look easy.
Peter Thiel
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It is difficult to play against Einstein's theory -on his first loss to Fischer
Mikhail Tal
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Among top grandmasters the Dutch is a rare defense, which is good reason to play it! It has not been studied very deeply by many opponents, and theory, based on a small number of 'reliable' games, must be rather unreliable.
Bent Larsen
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Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
Benjamin Franklin
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I am boring. I am boring!
Bobby Fischer
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Many so-called pragmatists want nothing to do with space exploration or other kinds of ambitious endeavours that don't have a clear payoff. This mentality is hugely damaging to our success as a civilization. Our desire to understand the universe is kindled by curiosity and wonder, and this has fuelled countless scientific breakthroughs.
Garry Kasparov
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Competition is overrated. In practice it is quite destructive and should be avoided wherever possible. Much better than fighting for scraps in existing markets is to create and own new ones.
Peter Thiel
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What the devil possessed me to reply 1. ... e5?? I compltely forgot that Spassky, like Spielmann in the past, very much likes to play the King's Gambit.
David Bronstein
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In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for Divine protection, he stated. Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered. ... Do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?
Benjamin Franklin
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Beauty and folly are old companions.
Benjamin Franklin
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I won't play with you anymore. You have insulted my friend -when an opponent cursed himself for a blunder
Miguel Najdorf
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The Queen is usually reckoned equal, in average situations, to two Rooks and a Pawn, but towards the end of a game she is hardly so valuable as two Rooks.
Howard Staunton
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Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Benjamin Franklin
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Furthermore, a large portion of the assets of leading Russian figures is mixed, meaning that it is not quite clear how to counter this development.
Garry Kasparov
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If you make a decision to fight for future of your own country you have to consider all the consequences.
Garry Kasparov
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The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.
Aron Nimzowitsch
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Only he, who penetrates into the depth of the game, can express his personality in it.
Vladimir Kramnik
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Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
Aleister Crowley
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Ultimately the white man should leave the United States and the black people should go back to Africa.
Bobby Fischer
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A little neglect may breed great mischief.
Benjamin Franklin
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I definitely miss the rush from wiping out an opponent.
Bruce Pandolfini
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You know, what's so dreadful about dying is that you are completely on your own.
Vladimir Nabokov
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Russia exists in the context of open global economy and is a part of it
Kenneth Rogoff
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Non-democratic regimes always need to mobilize their people against external enemies in order to maintain internal stability.
Natan Sharansky
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