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Chess Quotes

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.

Book Game You Early Important Chess

Professional players work almost every day, for hours on end, and the emphasis is on the word 'work.' It can be with a partner or it can be alone, but professional chess is always a pursuit of something new and surprising.

Viswanathan Anand

Work Alone Day Partner End Chess

In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this.

Vladimir Kramnik

Beauty Control Game Unexpected Chess

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

Eating Chess Movement Pieces Another

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

Me Interesting Chess Toughness Most

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.

Good Myself Feel Understanding Chess

My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.

Life Father Influence My Life Chess

You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.

Good Art People You Want Chess

I organize a chess festival in Hungary. I support chess in schools, and I have my own chess foundation. And I started writing books.

Support Writing Foundation Chess Own

Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.

Life My Life Chess

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.

Good World Champion Chess First

Sometimes as writers, we try and put narrative development above character development. We try to move our characters around like chess pieces that do our bidding. The problem with that is sometimes the characters do things they shouldn't do. Things that are inorganic.

Character Problem Sometimes Chess

A powerful studio boss doesn't want to be bested by a woman, even in chess. And a successful agent steps on a lot of toes. You lose actors jobs so you can get them for your own clients.

Woman Boss You Powerful Lose Chess

The truth of the matter is that chess is not the game of life because life does not ever happen the way you strategize and plan.

Life Truth Game Plan You Chess

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

School High School Chess High Up

Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.

Chess Initiative Poor More Modern

There are too many Jews in chess. They seem to have taken away the class of the game. They don't seem to dress so nicely. That's what I don't like.

Dress Game Chess Class Seem Away

I hope 'Chess' will hit the big screen. It seems a natural to me. Good venues, tunes, and politics.

Good Hope Politics Me Chess Will

I've never been one of those actors who plays chess with his career and goes, 'I'm going to wait now and see what project comes up that can move me to this or that level.' I take stuff as it comes, and it just so happens that it hasn't dried up yet, touch wood.

Me Wait Career Chess Wood Never

I play football like chess. You have to think a lot and anticipate what could happen after you make your move.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Football Think You Play Chess Move

I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that.

Father Children Chess Teach Terrible

It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly.

Alexandra Kosteniuk

Face Play Chess Shame Badly

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

You Play Chess Up Pitcher Setting

Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games.

Viswanathan Anand

News Chess Games Follow Match Any

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