Chess Match Quotes

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  A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

  Emo Philips

  Funny, Motivational Sports, Humorous

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• I'm not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I'm the best. You don't need a match to prove it.

  Bobby Fischer

  Chess Game, Needs, World

  Interview by William Lombardy, 1972.

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• Though I would have liked my chances in a rematch in 1998 if I were better prepared, it was clear then that computer superiority over humans in chess had always been just a matter of time.

  Garry Kasparov

  Chess, Matter, Chance

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• I haven't played a chess match for several decades. At one point I lost most of my chess games. Then I realized many of my competitors were memorizing the best moves and I was unwilling to do this.

  John Harsanyi

  Moving, Games, Chess Game

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• Marriage is like a chess match is initiated and the board expands over time until it takes up all of a life.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Boards, Chess

  Source: www.nydailynews.com

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• I just think we should look at this as a chess match," he said, "between the world's greatest chess player and Garry Kasparov.

  Lou Gerstner

  Player, Thinking, Looks

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• Have you ever seen a demonstrable example of equality in your entire life? Can it be glimpsed in any dog show or classroom? In any ping pong game or chess match? Of course not. It is a philosophical abstraction, something nowhere to be found in nature.

  Boyd Rice

  Dog, Philosophical, Games

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• Little boys are still playing the game [baseball], more little girls are playing, and it is still the world's most interesting game, a duel, a chess match, a foot race, a gymnastics exhibition, that rare opportunity for individuals to be recognized within a group effort.

  Robert Lipsyte

  Girl, Sports, Baseball

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• Watching the season for me is about watching the chess matches.

  Ray Lewis

  Chess, Seasons

  "Ray Lewis Is Fed Up With Abusive Coaching". Interview with Ryan Bort, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2015.

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• tennis is a 100-mph chess match.

  Gabriela Sabatini

  Mph, Tennis, Chess

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• I like the little chess match of how people move through space. I'm not comparing myself to Michelangelo with this analogy, but he said when he sculpts it's like finding the sculpture within. It feels that way when you are with actors, too. There's a natural way to do this with a natural language that flows and feels like real people talking. And you've just got to find it. So I enjoy that part of the process.

  Timothy Miller

  Real, Moving, Space

  Source: screenrant.com

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

  Viktor Korchnoi

  Elements, Chess, Flaws

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