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Tag Name "Chess" (1002)

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Chess is a game which reflects most honor on human wit.
Voltaire
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Seville never had a rich chess tradition. Valencia is entirely different, it is enough to say that one of the city squares is named after me.
Anatoly Karpov
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But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded by the tournament position!
Anatoly Karpov
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The days when it was possible to win a serious game only by merit of sporting character or depth of chess understanding have vanished forever. Chess knowledge has become dominant, bypassing all the other factors that contribute to success.
Anatoly Karpov
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It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.
Anatoly Karpov
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I have found after 1.d4 there are more opportunities for richer play.
Anatoly Karpov
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Style, I've got no style.
Anatoly Karpov
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Furman astounded me with his chess depth, a depth which he revealed easily and naturally, as if all he were doing was establishing well-known truths.
Anatoly Karpov
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Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.
Anatoly Karpov
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Combinations with a queen sacrifice are among the most striking and memorable.
Anatoly Karpov
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I am thinking about chess in schools in particular. In the USA more than 3200 children competed in an event.
Anatoly Karpov
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The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.
Anatoly Karpov
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Chess is everything: art, science, and sport.
Anatoly Karpov
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The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.
Anatoly Karpov
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Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.
Anatoly Karpov
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Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won.
Bent Larsen
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Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to play chess. - Ch. 5
Amy Tan
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In order to improve your game you must study the endgame before everything else.
Jose Raul Capablanca
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I think with chess as with everything, marketing is the main issue.
Magnus Carlsen
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Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.
Max Euwe
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Chess is a sad waste of brains.
Walter Scott
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The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling.
Amber Benson
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We often hear the terms 'positional' and 'tactical' used as opposites. But this is as wrong as to consider a painting's composition unrelated to its subject. Just as there is no such thing as 'artistic' art, so there is no such thing as 'positional' chess.
Samuel Reshevsky
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What could be more advantageous in an intellectual contest - whether it be chess, bridge, or stock selection - than to have opponents who have been taught that thinking is a waste of energy?
Warren Buffett
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