322 Quotes About Chess

Playing black, I put great stake in the Ruy Lopez: I liked it, feel it, and understand it; in matches with Hjartarson and Timman it served me well. - on preparing for World Championship versus Garry Kasparov

It is dangerous to maintain equality at the cost of placing the pieces passively.

Style, I've got no style.

The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this ...

Ultimately, what separates a Winner from a Loser at the Grandmaster level is the Willingness to do the Unthinkable.

In chess, bigamy is acceptable but monarchy is absolute.

By this measure (on the gap between Fischer & his contemporaries), I consider him the greatest world champion

Chess is not dominoes

It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess.