Smyslov Chess Quotes & Sayings

A considerable role in the forming of my style was played by an early attraction to study composition. — Vasily Smyslov

Well," said Ash, and she got out of her own bed and came to sit beside Jules. "I've always sort of felt that you prepare yourself over the course of your whole life for the big moments, you know? But when they happen, you sometimes feel totally unready for them, or even that they're not what you thought. And that's what makes them strange. The reality is really different from the fantasy. — Meg Wolitzer

In my opinion, the style of a player should not be formed under the influence of any single great master. — Vasily Smyslov

The Ruy Lopez occupied a constant place in my opening repertoire. In it is reflected the classical interpretation of the problem of the centre. — Vasily Smyslov

No sane man can be happy, for to him life is real, and he sees what a fearful thing it is. — Mark Twain

We want splendid books, books that immerse us in the splendor of reality and keep us there; books that prove to us that love is at work in the world next to evil, right up against it, at times indistinctly, and that it always will be, just the way that suffering will always ravage hearts. We want good novels ... And even if there is only one such book per decade, ... only one ... every ten years, that would be enough. We want nothing else. — Laurence Cosse

You've got to be rich to have a swing like that. — Bob Hope

The summer of 1976 was so hot that bars of chocolate melted on the shelves before confectioners could sell them. — Clive Sinclair

The first chess book that I read was Dufresne's self-tutor, published with Lasker's Common Sense in Chess as an appendix. — Vasily Smyslov

My fascination for studies proved highly beneficial, it assisted the development of my aesthetic understanding of chess, and improved my endgame play. — Vasily Smyslov

Men, you are about to embark on a great crusade to stamp out runaway decency in the west. Now you men will only be risking your lives, whilst I will be risking an almost certain Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. — Harvey Korman

I have frequently stated that I regard chess as an art form, where creativity prevails over other factors. — Vasily Smyslov

Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess. — Vasily Smyslov

In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent. — Vasily Smyslov

I suppose if we're going to fall in love all over again, kissing will be part of it. — Mary E. Pearson

My study of chess was accompanied by a strong attraction to music, and it was probably thanks to this that from childhood I became accustomed to thinking of chess as an art, for all the science and sport involved in it. — Vasily Smyslov

My task might be monumental, but my gift - my curse - was the only means I had of making a difference in this world. — Kathryn Purdie

No fantasy, however rich, no technique, however masterly, no penetration into the psychology of the opponent, however deep, can make a chess game a work of art, if these qualities do not lead to the main goal - the search for truth. — Vasily Smyslov

Indifference to me, is the epitome of all evil. — Elie Wiesel