Chess Tactics Quotes & Sayings

In chess, computers show that what we call 'strategy' is reducible to tactics, ultimately. It only looks creative to us. They are still just glorified cash registers. This should make us feel uncomfortable, whether or not we think computers will ever be good composers of music or artistic painters. — Tyler Cowen

Tactics flow from a superior position — Bobby Fischer

Chess Tactics are important in the study.... I don't know about that but I know that this son of biatch beats me on chess games and on chess tactics puzzles he sucks! — Deyth Banger

You are never strong enough that you don't need help. — Cesar Chavez

We often hear the terms 'positional' and 'tactical' used as opposites. But this is as wrong as to consider a painting's composition unrelated to its subject. Just as there is no such thing as 'artistic' art, so there is no such thing as 'positional' chess. — Samuel Reshevsky

In chess puzzles and tactics you see moves which in game is difficult to see mainly because of time and more often from the fast moves... — Deyth Banger

Ah yes! Conservatives. Some of the finest minds of the 12th Century. — Paul Begala

Tactics involve calculations that can tax the human brain, but when you boil them down, they are actually the simplest part of chess and are almost trivial compared to strategy. — Garry Kasparov

The tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is nothing to do — Gerald Abrahams

A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play. This is a rule which has stood its test in chess history and one which we cannot impress forcibly enough upon the young chess player. A beginner should avoid Queen's Gambit and French Defence and play open games instead! While he may not win as many games at first, he will in the long run be amply compensated by acquiring a thorough knowledge of the game — Richard Reti

The God I find in Christ is a God who overcomes evil with good, hate by love, and the world by a cross. — E. Stanley Jones

You can raise the bar or you can wait for others to raise it, but it's getting raised regardless. — Seth Godin

The defensive power of a pinned piece is only imaginary — Aron Nimzowitsch

Discovered check is the dive bomber of the Chessboard — Reuben Fine

No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics. — Samuel Reshevsky

I joyfully hasten to meet death. If it come before I have had opportunity to develop all my artistic faculties, it will come, my hard fate notwithstanding, too soon, and I should probably wish it later - yet even then I shall be happy, for will it not deliver me from a state of endless suffering? — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Let us become like Christ, since Christ became like us. He assumed the worse that He might give us the better; He became poor that we through His poverty might be rich. — Gregory Of Nazianzus

False hope has more potential of hurting you than not having any hope at all. — Nina Levine

When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you. — Gwyneth Paltrow

The Possibilities in racing tactics are almost unlimited, as in a game of chess, for every move there is a counter, for every attack there is a defense ... The runner's greatest asset, apart from essential fitness of body, is a cool and calculating brain allied to confidence and courage. Above all, he must have a will to win. — Franz Stampfl

That's a big part of being a designer now: going out, having dinners, meeting people. Being in an ivory tower, you can feel very removed. — Joseph Altuzarra

Enduring to the end is a process filling every minute of our life, every hour, every day, from sunrise to sunrise. It is accomplished through personal discipline following the commandments of God. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Tactics and Checkmate in 1 move, show me some interesting stuff about chess... so far I can say that I see the chessboard different. — Deyth Banger

When God plays chess, you will notice that he never has to move a single piece ... in order to win. — Lionel Suggs

I have short goals - to get better every day, to help my teammates every day - but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It's all that matters. I dream about it. I dream about it all the time, how it would look, how it would feel. It would be so amazing. — LeBron James