17.“Chess is no whit inferior to the violin, and we have a large number of professional violinists”

15."I give 98 percent of my mental energy to Chess; Others give only 2 percent"

9.“Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation”

16.“Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders”

19.“The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake”

5.“All I want to do, ever, is just play Chess”

7.“The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the Universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature and the player on the other side is hidden from us”

13.“Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check!”

11.“Modern Chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game”

12.“Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events”

20.🎉“Your body has to be in top condition. Your Chess deteriorates as your body does. You can’t separate body from mind”

2.“Nothing excites jaded Grandmasters more than a theoretical novelty”

1."When you see a good move, look for a better one”

3.“The Pin is mightier than the sword”

4.“We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chess player's nature”

6.“A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic horror”

18.﻿“Only the player with the initiative has the right to attack”

Thank you for reading. Here is a little reward for you: A plus quote.Cheers! PN.: Shoutout for S_H_A_R_K on <a href="https://www.chess.com/member/s_h_a_r_k">chess.com</a>. Thanks for the source!

+1“Chess is like war on a board”

8.“Adequate compensation for a sacrifice is having a sound combination leading to a winning position; adequate compensation for a blunder is having your opponent snatch defeat from the jaws of victory”

14.“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”

10.“I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves”

MIKHAIL BOTVINNIK

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