Stefan Zweig Quotes

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.

We are studying the opponent all the time and it is maybe about chess and finding the right move at the right moment and that makes this so interesting.

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.

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

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.

The most interesting thing to me in chess are not the gambits. Or the moves. It's the mental toughness.

Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)

The Nanjing games are homework by Garry Kasparov and me, [...] Today's game was provided by Garry.

I usually never stay at the board after a game. Especially against Spassky. I made a dumb suggestion and he refuted it instantly! I know I'm going to have to play him some day and it was really stupid to look like such a jerk in front of him.

Combination is a soul of chess.

I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.

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

Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner.

Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.

I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn't even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt a lot from that, and I feel that it is a big reason why I now have a good intuitive understanding of chess.

In chess, knowledge is a very transient thing. It changes so fast that even a single mouse-slip sometimes changes the evaluation.

For example, computer defends well, but for humans its is harder to defend than attack, particularly with the modern time control.

Pitches are like pages of a book; they're so important. The chess game; how I set you up early, and how I'll do it differently later.

I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just seeing a few moves ahead - something else. My game started getting better. It's the patterns. The patterns are universal.

I learned to play chess at a young age, and I think that's where learning to plan things out and put things in position, that was the best thing for me.

When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play.

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

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

In conclusion, if you want to unravel the multitude of secrets of chess then don't begrudge the time.