#chess

I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days. ↗

— Anna Kendrick

#above #believe #buying #chess #chess game

Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess. ↗

— Viktor Korchnoi

#every #every time #i #modern #something

The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost. ↗

— Viktor Korchnoi

#element #flaw #human #human element #lost

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

#any #beat #chess #difficult #i

Chess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular. ↗

— Alexandra Kosteniuk

#chess #getting #hope #i #more

If people will be interested in me, they will be interested in chess also. ↗

— Alexandra Kosteniuk

#chess #interested #me #people #will

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

— Alexandra Kosteniuk

#chess #face #play #shame

My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments. ↗

— Alexandra Kosteniuk

#accompanying #army #career #chess #continue

I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he succeeds in mastering this situation. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#believe #chess #contradict #creating #every

The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#beauty #chess #create #creativity #depends