Alexander Alekhine Quotes
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If you're good at the debugger it means you spent a lot of time debugging. I don't want you to be good at the debugger.
— Robert C. Martin
His will is our hiding place. Lord Jesus, keep me in your will! Don't let me go mad by poking about outside of it!
— Corrie Ten Boom
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
Work hard. Be nice. Hurt no one.
— Kim Gruenenfelder
I wanted to walk straight on through the red grass and over the edge of the world, which could not be very far away.
— Willa Cather
During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk
— 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
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
A lifetime in not enough to learn everything about chess.
— Alexander Alekhine
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
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
When it comes to break ups: Don't get mad ... just live a better life and forget about it! — Timothy Pina
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
Chess is a matter of vanity.
— Alexander Alekhine
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
I've never written jokes. I mean, I'll write things on a piece of paper and riff on them onstage.
— David Cross
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
It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
— Saint Augustine
