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Let the perfectionist play postal.
All I want to do, ever, is play chess.
Every Chess master was once a beginner
No fool can play chess, and only fools do.
I failed to make the chess team because of my height.
Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation
It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well
Nothing excites jaded Grandmasters more than a theoretical novelty
The passion for playing Chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world
If I win a tournament, I win it by myself. I do the playing. Nobody helps me
Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival.
I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings
I think I can safely conclude that there is not a lot to be said for playing chess while on Valium.
By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.
I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.
You know you're going to lose. Even when I was ahead I knew I was going to lose -on playing against Fischer
Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.
Ralph... would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. The only trouble was that he would never be a very good chess player.
It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory.
Playing rapid chess, one can lose the habit of concentrating for several hours in serious chess. That is why, if a player has big aims, he should limit his rapidplay in favour of serious chess.
By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources