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Chess Player Inspirational Quotes (2575)

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Don't halloo until you're out of the wood.
Benjamin Franklin
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In my opinion, the style of a player should not be formed under the influence of any single great master.
Vasily Smyslov
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Checkers is for tramps
Paul Morphy
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I think I can safely conclude that there is not a lot to be said for playing chess while on Valium.
Tony Miles
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I was the shadow of the waxwing slain/By the false azure in the windowpane.
Vladimir Nabokov
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The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to the realization of this goal, the less you think about it.
Mikhail Tal
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Repeating moves in an ending can be very useful. Apart from the obvious gain of time on the clock one notices that the side with the advantage gains psychological benefit.
Sergey Belavenets
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I think we have very steady records of President Putin, who inherited the country with democratic values.
Garry Kasparov
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Objectivity and presence of mind are essential in such positions where sacrificial temptations are not always resistable.
Leonid Shamkovich
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In this respect, I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry [Kasparov]. With his very emotive body language at the [chess]board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't.
Vladimir Kramnik
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It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning endgame.
Samuel Reshevsky
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In my opinion, using different kinds of epithets and adjectives in connection with the word democracy is a sign of mere hypocrisy, to put it mildly. Either there's democracy, or there isn't.
Garry Kasparov
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Saying and Doing, have quarrel'd and parted.
Benjamin Franklin
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while the scientist sees everything that happens in one point of space, the poet feels everything that happens in one point of time.
Vladimir Nabokov
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Kings have long arms, but Misfortune longer: let none think themselves out of her reach.
Benjamin Franklin
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The word of Sin is Restriction
Aleister Crowley
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Make the best use of both time and money. Add industry and frugal dealings if they pay very well and if you're free to it.
Benjamin Franklin
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I shall be dumped where the weed decays, And the rest is rust and stardust
Vladimir Nabokov
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Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues. Be active in business, that temptation may miss her aim the bird that sits is easily shot.
Benjamin Franklin
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Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game
Nigel Short
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A grandmaster needs to retain thousands of games in his head, for games are to him what the words of their mother tongue are to ordinary people, or notes or scores to musicians.
Garry Kasparov
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You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.
Benjamin Franklin
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When you speak to a man, look on his eyes when he speaks to you, look on his mouth.
Benjamin Franklin
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I tend not to dwell on the parallels between chess and business, chess and the martial arts, or any two things for that matter, because the truth is that all pursuits are connected if we gain an eye for the thematic links.
Joshua Waitzkin
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