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" A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. "
Emo Philips
" After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As a whole, the current situation in the chess world leaves a lot to be desired. "
Anatoly Karpov
" All I want to do, ever, is play chess. "
Bobby Fischer
" Al Sharpton is not important. He's nothing more than a black pawn in a very sophisticated white economic chess game. "
Byron Allen
" Among a great many other things that chess teaches you is to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good. It trains you to think before grabbing and to think just as objectively when you're in trouble. "
Stanley Kubrick
" Anti-submarine warfare is the military version of chess. You must work out what the enemy is going to do before they even think of it. "
Sarah West
" As a journalist, I cannot help imagining with excitement a new era with a face-off between Hedi Slimane at YSL and Raf Simons at Dior - a magnificent battle of style and wills to echo the Armani/Versace, Gucci/Prada or even Chanel/Schiaparelli face-offs of earlier years. But I remind myself that this is not a game of chess. "
Suzy Menkes
" At home I mostly stick to online Scrabble, or chess or Risk - games I find far less addictive than the spectacular games created for consoles these days. But, whenever I get the chance, I head over to my friend Kyri's house to play his PS3. "
Beau Willimon
" A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like chess. "
Alexandra Kosteniuk
" Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense. "
Boris Spassky
" Boxing is like chess. You encourage your opponent to make mistakes so you can capitalise on it. People think you get in the ring and see the red mist, but it's not about aggression. Avoiding getting knocked out is tactical. "
Nicola Adams
" But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might not be here. "
Dorothy Dunnett
" Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego. "
Bobby Fischer
" Chess as a sport requires a lot of mental stamina, and this is what that makes it different from a physical sport. Chess players have a unique ability of taking in a lot of information and remembering relevant bits. So, memory and mental stamina are the key attributes. "
Viswanathan Anand
" Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. "
Alexander Alekhine
" Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents. "
Alexander Alekhine
" Chess is a competition. Checkers is a competition. Mostly, I'm interested in doing real sports. "
John Skipper
" Chess is a game of stimulation. "
Gza
" Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways. "
Vladimir Kramnik
" Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. "
Raymond Chandler
" Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory. "
Max Euwe
" Chess is a very tough game, and psychologically a tough game. And of course, chess needs a lot of qualities, human qualities. And so you must have a very strong nervous system, and then you must be well prepared; you must be able to work a lot. "
Anatoly Karpov
" Chess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular. "
Alexandra Kosteniuk
" Chess is intellectual gymnastics. "
Wilhelm Steinitz
" Chess is life. "
Bobby Fischer
" Chess is mental torture. "
Garry Kasparov
" Chess is my life, but my life is not chess. "
Anatoly Karpov
" Chess is not for timid souls. "
Wilhelm Steinitz
" Chess is not only knowledge and logic. "
Alexander Alekhine
" Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people. "
Nigel Short
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