J. K. Rowling Quotes

Tactics involve calculations that can tax the human brain, but when you boil them down, they are actually the simplest part of chess and are almost trivial compared to strategy.

Human life very much resembles a game of chess: for, as in the latter, while a gamester is too attentive to secure himself very strongly on one side of the board, he is apt to leave an unguarded opening on the other, so doth it often happen in life.

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.

All that matters on the chessboard is good moves.

Analysis of opponents is something I like doing.

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.

I think of myself as playing against the board, and not against my opponent.

That's right, kid. Never play an ace if a two will do.

Football is like chess, only without the dice.

Sometimes you have to lose a piece to win a game.

Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.

You can learn much about life from a checker game: surrender one to take two; don't make two moves at one time; move up, not down; and when you reach the top, you may move as you like.

That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one

Fighting for me is a chess game. I'm not angry with my opponent. I just want to go in there and win.

Obama is like a chess player who is playing simultaneous chess and has opened his game with an unusual opening.

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

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.

I'm fascinated with films that deal with strategy because there's a right way and a wrong way to get the job done.

Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people.

War strategy is always unique. It is like a chess game. The pieces are always the same but each game is unique

It's about getting the right balance and knowing on the pitch when is the right time to take risks.

I'm not too worried about points and all that stuff. It's about making the right play.

I have been doing this for a long, and it is the players who learn who you need to work with. You have to coach them to think and understand the game. If they cannot, then you have to tell them, 'You have to do this anyway,' but the best thing to do is say, 'Listen, if he is doing this, then maybe you have to do that.'

I understand now the different games and the different approaches that you need to take at different times, with different styles of play.

I think it helps to know where you're at. I don't want to be coming down 18 knowing I need to make par, and trying to force a birdie or doing something stupid.