“You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.” Quote by Alexander Alekhine
“Chess and boxing have a lot in common, as both sports rely on the right strategy.” SportsCommonStrategyChessRelyBoxing Author:Vitali Klitschko
“The video game culture was an important thing to keep alive in the film because we're in a new era right now. The idea that kids can play video games like Grand Theft Auto or any video game is amazing. The video games are one step before a whole other virtual universe.” ImportantIdeasPlayWholeKidsFilmCultureUniverseGamesStepsAliveRight NowImportant ThingsVideoErasTheftNew EraDieselGrand Theft Auto Author:Vin Diesel
“All chess masters can play one game blindfolded.” PlayGamesMastersChessBlindfolded Author:George Koltanowski
“Having spent 200 hours on the above, the young player, even if he possesses no special talent for chess, is likely to be among those two or three thousand chessplayers [who play on a par with a master]. There are, however, a quarter of a million chessplayers who annually spend no fewer than 200 hours on chess without making any progress. Without going into any further calculations, I can assert with a high degree of certainty that nowadays we achieve only a fraction of what we are capable of achieving.” IfsI CanTwoPlayYoungThreeHoursMillionsPlayerProgressAchieveSpecialTalentMastersThousandDegreesCapableChessCertaintyQuartersFewerCalculationsFractionsSpecial Talents Author:Emanuel Lasker
“We perceive after a careful consideration of the evolution of the chess mind that such evolution has gone on, in general, in a way quite similar to that in which it goes on with the individual chess player, only with the latter more rapidly.” WayMindIndividualGonePlayerGoes OnEvolutionCarefulChessPerceiveConsiderationLatterChess Players Author:Richard Reti
“The delight in gambits is a sign of chess youth... In very much the same way as the young man, on reaching his manhood years, lays aside the Indian stories and stories of adventure, and turns to the psychological novel, we with maturing experience leave off gambit playing and become interested in the less vivacious but withal more forceful manoeuvres of the position player.” MenWayYearsStoriesYoungTurnsNovelPlayerPositionYouthAdventureLaysDelightChessPsychologicalIndianYoung ManReachingMatureManhoodGambitVivacious Author:Emanuel Lasker