Yuliya Snigir Quotes

I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back.

Football is a bit like chess: it's not just the piece being moved that matters; it's also the effect that move has on all the other pieces.

It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.

My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible.

All that matters on the chessboard is good moves.

You all know that each title in the Chronicles has a chess theme; that's partly because of the overall design of the Chronicles themselves - the game of chess as an analogue of the game of life.

Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways.

I grew up with 'Chess' and the music from the show.

It's not 64 squares. It's a battlefield. There's no luck, there's no dice. It's just you and your opponent.

Chess is not dominoes

Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.

He who keeps his cool best wins.

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it's really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.

A game of chess is a visual and plastic thing, and if it isn't geometric in the static sense of the word, it is mechanical, since it moves. It's a drawing; it's a mechanical reality.

Each player, it will be observed, has eight superior Pieces or officers, and eight minor ones which are called Pawns; and, for the purpose of distinction, the Pieces and Pawns of one party are of a different color from those of the other.

Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.

Chess is life.

Chess is mental torture.

The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it.

Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another.

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.

In both games, you have to think fast. In chess you tend to know all the patterns already, just like in football.

In football, it's not enough just to be amazing, but you also have to have a clear head. If you're not calm, it becomes very difficult.

I find the game mentally challenging and really enjoy the chess match that occurs every week between the offense and the opposing defense.

Since I was a young kid, I have always been calm on the ball. That comes down to awareness as well. When you have good awareness and you know what's going on around you, you don't need to panic. There is no point. It just makes things worse. You have to stay calm, cool, and collected.