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about Chess Life's too short for chess. Henry James In life, as in chess, forethought wins. Charles Buxton The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost. Viktor Korchnoi When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive. Boris Spassky There is only one thing Fischer does in chess without pleasure: lose! Boris Spassky You can only get good at chess if you love the game. Bobby Fischer Chess is the gymnasium of the mind. Blaise Pascal I find chess acts like a cold bath for the mind. Andrew Bonar Law It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man yet has said 'mate' in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious. A A Milne I like the moment when I break a man's ego. Bobby Fischer It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock. Viktor Korchnoi No chess grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness. Viktor Korchnoi There are people who beat you before the game begins by the confident way in which they arrange the pieces, by the authority with which they make a move, almost by the way they look out of the window or drum their fingers while they are waiting for you to play. Sir John Simon Chess is not only the most ancient, but also the most universal game in the world. Sir John Simon Chess is like life. Boris Spassky My best time was when I was moving to become champion. Boris Spassky He was an individual and so was I. Today, these players have coaches, physicians, cooks, psychologists, and parapsychologists. The championship has become a fight between two big collective farms. Boris Spassky (on Fischer) Chess, with all its philosophical depth, its aesthetic appeal, is first of all a game in the best sense of the word; a game in which are revealed your intellect, character, will. Boris Spassky Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people. Nigel Short Chess is life. Bobby Fischer Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck. Bobby Fischer Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent's mind. Bobby Fischer I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves. Bobby Fischer Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess. Viktor Korchnoi | |