I prefer to lose a really good game than to win a bad one. - David Levy

Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience. - Samuel Reshevsky

The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard. - Aaron Nimzovich

Chess is such a ridiculously silly game sometimes... - Hikaru Nakamura

Try to play after your opponent has eaten or drunk freely. - Luis Ramírez de Lucena (c. 1465 – c.1530)

When you trade, the key concern is not always the value of the pieces being exchanged, but what's left on the board. - Dan Heisman

You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances. - Bobby Fischer

Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it. - Bobby Fischer

When your opponent has one or more pieces exposed, look for a combination.

Perpetual check looms in all queen endings.

When behind in material,trade pawns,not pieces.

When you absolutely don't know what to do anymore, it is time to panic. - John van der Wiel

I still hope to kill Fischer. - Boris Spassky

It is very difficult to play a single blitz game! You want to play for a long time. So I tend not to do that anymore. - Viswanathan Anand

No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics. - Samuel Reshevsky

The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters. - Jose Capablanca

I leave this to you. - Bobby Fischer

It is always better to sacrifice your opponents' men. - Savielly Tartakower

Chess is not relaxing; it's stressful even if you win. - Jennifer Shahade

To be at their best,bishops require open diagonals and attackable weaknesses.