Chess Quotes

Chess is mental torture.
Garry Kasparov
- Chess
- Torture
- Mental
Because arguing with racist people is like playing chess with a pigeon: It doesn't matter how good you are! The pigeon is going to knock all the pieces down and shit on the board and parade around like he's won.

Eric Cantona
- People
- Good
- Chess

Sexiness, particularly in movies, is the chess game in the 'Thomas Crown Affair'. It's, it's, I don't know, but Faye Dunaway comes up a lot in that thinking. It's the subtlety of sexiness. The moment you try to be sexy, then it's not.

Daniel Craig
- Up
- Thinking
- Game
Right now I'm really happy with how things are going with my chess career, so I'm not thinking of doing anything else.

Magnus Carlsen
- Thinking
- Happy
- Career
I've never been much of a computer guy at least in terms of playing with computers. Actually until I was about 11 I didn't use a computer for preparing for games at all. I was playing a bit online, was using the chess club mainly. Now, obviously, the computer is an important tool for me preparing for my games.

Magnus Carlsen
- Important
- Guy
- Computers
Kasparov is a gangster, he is a disgrace to chess, he is a disgrace to the human race. He is not something Russia should be proud of. He should join Khodorkovsky in prison. He has committed a terrible fraud with all these prearranged games and matches.

Bobby Fischer
- Proud
- Chess
- Gangster
My father, a fine chess player himself, has been a massive influence throughout my life.

Magnus Carlsen
- Life
- Father
- Player
When I retired from professional chess in 2005 to join the Russian pro-democracy movement against Putin, I was frequently asked how my chess experience might help me in politics. My answer was that it wouldn’t help much at all, because in chess we had fixed rules and uncertain results, while in Russian politics it was exactly the opposite.
Garry Kasparov