“ When you defend, try not to worry or become upset. Keep your cool and trust your position - it's all you've got. Pal Benko Author
“ Typically, in the last round of open tournaments the level of play is markedly lower, the number of blunders higher. Pal Benko Author
“ In the Soviets' view, chess was not merely an art or a science or even a sport; it was what it had been invented to simulate: war. Pal Benko Author
“ It is a well known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well. Aron Nimzowitsch Chess Master
“ If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it's stalemate. There's a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like. Aung San Suu Kyi Burmese Politician
“ Fischer was a master of clarity and a king of artful positioning. His opponents would see where he was going but were powerless to stop him Bruce Pandolfini Author
“ With or without the title, Bobby Fischer was unquestionably the greatest player of his time Burt Hochberg Author