“The good thing in chess is that very often the best moves are the most beautiful ones. The beauty of logic.” BeautifulMovingBeautyLogicGood ThingsChess Author:Boris Gelfand
“To refer to the oft mooted question, "Which piece is stronger, the Bishop or the Knight?" it is clear that the value of the Bishop undergoes greater changes than that of the Knight.” ValuesClearGreaterPiecesStrongerChessKnightsBishops Book:Common Sense in Chess Source: Common Sense in Chess
“While some are as loathe to trade a Bishop for a Knight as a Cadillac for a Chevrolet, others are prepared to do so without hesitation.” TradePreparedChessKnightsBishopsHesitationLoatheCadillacsChevrolet Book:How to Open a Chess Game Source: How to Open a Chess Game
“With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop.” SidesPiecesEffectsShapesOppositesChessExtrasAttackingBishops Author:Mikhail Botvinnik
“Most chess players know, thanks to the study of master games, that two bishops are stronger than two knights or than bishop and knight, though very few know the reason for this advantage and how to turn it to account.” KnowsTwoReasonTurnsGamesStudyPlayerMastersAdvantageAccountsStrongerChessThanksKnightsBishopsChess Players Author:Richard Reti
“As Rousseau could not compose without his cat beside him, so I cannot play chess without my king's bishop. In its absense the game to me is lifeless and void. The vitalizing factor is missing, and I can devise no plan of attack.” I CanPlayGamesPlansMissingKingsCatChessFactorsVoidBishopsLifeless Author:Siegbert Tarrasch
“Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.” FirstsPlayPlayerDogMeetingsSpeedChessRitualAcquaintanceChess PlayersPlaying ChessBlitz Author:Anatoly Karpov
“It is very difficult to play a single blitz game! You want to play for a long time. So I tend not to do that anymore.” WantLongPlayGamesDifficultLong TimeChessBlitz Author:Viswanathan Anand