Before the endgame, the Gods have placed the middle game
All this twaddle, the existence of God, atheism, determinism, liberation, societies, death, etc. , are pieces of a chess game called language, and they are amusing only if one does not preoccupy oneself with 'winning or losing this game of chess.
That's what Chess is all about. One day you give your opponent a lesson, the next day he gives you one
Combinations have always been the most intriguing aspect of Chess. The masters look for them, the public applauds them, the critics praise them. It is because combinations are possible that Chess is more than a lifeless mathematical exercise. They are the poetry of the game; they are to Chess what melody is to music. They represent the triumph of mind over matter
A chess game, after all, is a fight in which all possible factors must be made use of, and in which a knowledge of the opponent's good and bad qualities is of the greatest importance.
Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about!
The tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is nothing to do
In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
Relationships are a battle. They are a chess game. And what did I do? I just threw all my chess pieces down on the board at once, and said, "Here! Have them all!
There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine
The acting is something that will always be a part of my life, but the writing gives me a lot more creative freedom. You're a pawn in somebody else's chess game, whereas as a writer and as a director, you get to call the shots. And that's very thrilling.
It is difficult to play against Einstein's theory -on his first loss to Fischer
The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the game: Opening, Middlegame and especially Endgame. The primary constraint on a piece's activity is the Pawn structure
He who fears an isolated Queen's Pawn should give up Chess
Half the variations which are calculated in a tournament game turn out to be completely superfluous. Unfortunately, no one knows in advance which half
Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance.
To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game
I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.
Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind.
The Pawns are the soul of the game