#chess

A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like chess. ↗

— Alexandra Kosteniuk

#any #beat #chess #difficult #i

Chess is changing. I hope chess is getting more popular, more spectacular. ↗

— Alexandra Kosteniuk

#chess #getting #hope #i #more

If people will be interested in me, they will be interested in chess also. ↗

— Alexandra Kosteniuk

#chess #interested #me #people #will

It's a shame to be the face of chess and to play chess badly. ↗

— Alexandra Kosteniuk

#chess #face #play #shame

My dad sacrificed many things in life for me. He abandoned a very promising and lucrative career of an army officer just so that he could continue helping me with my chess and accompanying me to tournaments. ↗

— Alexandra Kosteniuk

#accompanying #army #career #chess #continue

I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he succeeds in mastering this situation. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#believe #chess #contradict #creating #every

The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#beauty #chess #create #creativity #depends

Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous and varied ways. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#complex #game #infinitely #numerous #play

When I speak of the beauty of a game of chess, then naturally this is subjective. Beauty can be found in a very technical, mathematical game for example. That is the beauty of clarity. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#chess #clarity #example #for example #found

It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her I s, to save ink. ↗

— Horace Walpole

#duchess #her #i #ink #never