Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Irving Chernev

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American chess player Irving Chernev.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Irving Chernev was a chess player and prolific Russian-American chess author. He was born in Pryluky in the Russian Empire and emigrated to the United States in 1905. Chernev was a national master-strength player and was devoted to chess. He wrote that he "probably read more about chess, and played more games than any man in history."

American - Chess Player | January 29, 1900 - September 29, 1981

Source: Wikipedia

The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with Capablanca.

Irving Chernev

If once a man delays castling and his king remains in the center, files will open up against him, bishops sweep the board, rooks will dominate the seventh rank, and pawns turn into queens.

Irving Chernev