Chess and boxing have a lot in common, as both sports rely on the right strategy.
To play a match for the World Championship is the cherished dream of every chess player.
The chess master says nothing, other than moving the silient chess piece.
Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated.
Perfectly correct chess exists only in theory.
Chess sharpens the mind, stimulates concentration, improves the memory and promotes visualization.
Since your mental state can have such dramatic effects on your body, obviously your physical condition can affect your mental well-being. It follows that regular physical conditioning should be part of your overall chess training.
The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move
[When asked how someone 6'3" had dared take up golf:] I was too tall to make the chess team in my high school, so I tried golf.
Watching the season for me is about watching the chess matches.
Poor Capablanca! Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher. Thou wert not capable of believing that in chess, another style could be victorious than the absolutely correct one.
Chess is life in miniature. Chess is struggle, chess is battles
Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.
Style, I've got no style.
He who analyses blitz is stupid.
The ideal in chess can only be a collective image, but in my opinion it is Capablanca who most closely approaches this.
Chess strength in general and chess strength in a specific match are by no means one and the same thing.
There's no one alive I can't beat.
When everything on the board is clear it can be so difficult to conceal your thoughts from your opponent.
Chess holds deep wisdoms of the people. It is truly an image of life, the reflection of human fate that has shown us the earthly way of suffering in darkness and permanent shortage of time. Like in chess, we encounter all kinds of traps, mistakes, settlements, sacrifices, kings, and queens, doubled pawns, and extraordinary moves while we are on the board ourselves.