Alexander Alekhine Quotes

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

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

A human being is not a machine. Especially when it comes to creating. — Azzedine Alaia

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

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr. — Saint Augustine

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've never written jokes. I mean, I'll write things on a piece of paper and riff on them onstage. — David Cross

Chess is not only knowledge and logic. — Alexander Alekhine

Combination is a soul of chess. — 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

Chess is a matter of vanity. — 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

When it comes to break ups:
Don't get mad ... just live a better life and forget about it! — Timothy Pina

Chess, like other arts, must be practiced to be appreciated. — Alexander Alekhine

Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy. — 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

Psychology is the most important factor in chess. — Alexander Alekhine

I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees. — Alexander Alekhine

A lifetime in not enough to learn everything about chess. — Alexander Alekhine

I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. — Alexander Alekhine

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. — 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

During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk — Alexander Alekhine

Work hard. Be nice. Hurt no one. — Kim Gruenenfelder