Lawrence Day quotes

“Chess is a meritocracy.”
-- Lawrence Day

#Chess Quotes #Meritocracy Quotes

“Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess.”

“I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.”

“I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.”

Source : Attributed to Alexander Alekhine in David Hooper and ‎Kenneth Whyld "The Oxford companion to chess" (p. 8), 1996.

“Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.”

“As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.”

Source : Alexander Alekhine, Garry Kasparov (2011). “Alexander Alekhine's Best Games: Algebraic edition”, Pavilion Books

“Combination is a soul of chess.”

“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.”

“Chess is a matter of vanity.”

“Bobby Fischer is the greatest Chess genius of all time!”

“Comedy is a meritocracy. If you are funny, you are there. If you are not, you are out.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.