Alekhine Quotes
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I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members.
— William P. Leahy
During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.
— Alexander Alekhine
The retreat of a minor piece to the back rank, where it cuts the lines of communication between the rooks, is permissable only in exceptional cases.
— Alexander Alekhine
Chess will always be the master of us all.
— Alexander Alekhine
When I was a child I liked the games of Capablanca, and later I was captivated by Alekhine's play.
— Vladimir Kramnik
I see my own style as being a symbiosis of the styles of Alekhine, Tal and Fischer.
— Garry Kasparov
A man should control his life. Mine is controlling me.
— Rudolph Valentino
If you have seen one Alekhine game you've seen them all.
— Bobby Fischer
What we found out with Katrina is that the country is still unable to deal with disaster, .. God forbid this happens in San Francisco.
— Warren Rudman
Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.
— Alexander Alekhine
I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.
— Alexander Alekhine
I think that for the highest achievements nowadays ... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty.
— Alexander Alekhine
Why is life so difficult for some people and not for others?
Why do some people have to struggle so much? — Lisa Kleypas
Why do some people have to struggle so much? — Lisa Kleypas
During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk
— Alexander Alekhine
Unity of man has always been impossible in a world of fear and discontent where every man fears every other man as an enemy.
— Walter Russell
A lifetime in not enough to learn everything about chess.
— Alexander Alekhine
Play the move that forces the win in the simplest way. Leave the brilliancies to Alekhine, Keres and Tal.
— Irving Chernev
I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.
— Alexander Alekhine
Psychology is the most important factor in chess.
— Alexander Alekhine
Capablanca was snatched too early from the chess world. With his death we have lost a great chess genius, the like of whom we will never see again.
— Alexander Alekhine
The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.
— Alexander Alekhine
Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy.
— Alexander Alekhine
Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated.
— Alexander Alekhine
I can now rejoice even in the falsification of a cherished theory, because even this is a scientific success.
— John Carew
Chess is a matter of vanity.
— Alexander Alekhine
Good fiction is not defined by the masses, but by the tentative ear.
— James D. Maxon
Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.
— Alexander Alekhine
Combination is a soul of chess.
— Alexander Alekhine
Chess is not only knowledge and logic.
— Alexander Alekhine
You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.
— Alexander Alekhine
I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio.
— Rita Coolidge
Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.
— Alexander Alekhine
His eyes met mine at the soft touch, and a chime seemed to shake the ley line, realigning the universe.
He was mine. — Kim Harrison
He was mine. — Kim Harrison
To have a deeper understanding of life one must pause from looking outward and travel inward into the depths of consciousness.
— Jiulio Consiglio
I don't tell anybody else what to wear. I would never dream of it.
— Daphne Guinness