Justin Bieber Quotes

Because of the level of my chess game, I was able - even against a weak opponent, such as my younger brothers or the dog - to get myself checkmated in under three minutes. I challenge any computer to do it faster.

Chess was the only thing Hermione ever lost at, something Harry and Ron thought was very good for her.

I know people who have all the will in the world, but still can't play good Chess

The captain was a good chess player, and the games were always interesting. Yossarian had stopped playing chess with him because the games were so interesting they were foolish.

The passion for playing Chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world

Chess continues to advance over time, so the players of the future will inevitably surpass me in the quality of their play, assuming the rules and regulations allow them to play serious chess. But it will likely be a long time before anyone spends 20 consecutive years as number, one as I did.

Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves.

If, in our first match for the world champion's title, I had managed to make the score 6-0, there would have been no Kasparov as a good chess player at all.

I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school.

I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.

I'm a pretty good chess player.

Chess is one long regret.

A grandmaster must memorize thousands of chess duels in his head, as these are for him what words of the mother tongue are to the ordinary people and what notes are to a musician.

Chess is, in essence, a game for children. Computers have exacerbated the trends towards youth because they now have an immensely powerful tool at their disposal and can absorb vast amounts of information extremely quickly.

Americans really don't know much about chess. But I think when I beat Spassky, that Americans will take a greater interest in chess. Americans like winners.

In chess, as a purely intellectual game, where randomness is excluded, - for someone to play against himself is absurd ... It is as paradoxical, as attempting to jump over his own shadow.

The legend of the best player of chess has been destroyed.

Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.

There isn't a woman player in the world I can't give knights-odds to and still beat.

My job is to play chess, the game that I love. I achieve what I can in chess. That is what I focus on. Basically, I am always focused on playing the game, and this is important to me.

My former coach, Simen Agdestein, used to be the best player in Norway.

I was world champion. For me, chess is my life. It is everything.

When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally.

My younger brother ended up the British chess champion 10 times, a record.

For the moment, I am more focused on classical chess rather than rapid and blitz, as I am hoping to make my move in the classical World championship cycle.