A Quote by Garry Kasparov

Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.

Garry Kasparov

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Nature Women Chess Chess Players Exceptional Fighters Great Players

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Garry Kasparov
Russian - Celebrity
Born: April 13, 1963

One interesting indication of Capablanca's greatness is that to non-chess players his name was better known than the names of all other chess masters together! This was due partly to his engaging personality and distinguished appearance: he was one of those exceptional people who at once stand out in a crowd.

Fred Reinfeld

I think the problem is, exceptional women will always succeed. But there are plenty of less-exceptional men who succeed. Until we get the less-exceptional women succeeding equally, we do not have full equality.

Cherie Blair

By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking.

Anatoly Karpov

Bobby Fischer was hugely important for the American chess community because it put chess on the map - he made it possible for other chess players to make a living.

Liz Garbus

America's exceptional nature confers upon us responsibilities. We are not exceptional because we say so; we are exceptional because, over and over, we do exceptional things - things like what Generals Marshall and MacArthur accomplished putting Europe and Japan back on their feet after World War II.

Sheldon Whitehouse

My father and mother are exceptional pedagogues who can motivate and tell it from all different angles. Later, chess for me became a sport, an art, a science, everything together. I was very focused on chess, and happy with that world.

Judit Polgar

It's the fault of the chess players themselves. I don't know what they used to be, but now they're not the most gentlemanly group. When it was a game played by the aristocrats it had more like you know dignity to it. When they used to have the clubs, like no women were allowed and everybody went in dressed in a suit, a tie, like gentlemen, you know. Now, kids come running in their sneakers. Even in the best chess club-and they got women in there. It's a social place and people are making noise, it's a madhouse.

Bobby Fischer

You definitely need the right balance. You need players who are technically strong, but also tactically aware players, fighters, creative players. You need big players as well as agile ones.

David Wagner

Computers have proved to be formidable chess players. In fact, they've beaten our top human chess champions.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.

Magnus Carlsen

There was no publicity. You had to like it. There was no pressure, just great competition. The attitude of the coaches and players was exceptional.

Jim Brown

The only thing Chess players have in common is Chess.

Lodewijk Prins

Trust me, I've seen a lot of fighters come in hot and they disappear faster than they came in after a loss or two. This is the UFC and the best fighters in the world are here. If you fight the great fighters you're bound to lose.