CHESSMEN

A general term applied to all Pawns and pieces. The word ‘man’ is used for any one of the 32 chessmen.

In order to become a grandmaster class player whose understanding of chess is superior to the thousands of ordinary players, you have to develop within yourself a large number of qualities, the qualities of an artistic creator, a calculating practitioner, a cold calm competitor. Alexander Kotov
Chess is a game by its form, an art by its content and a science by the difficulty of gaining mastery in it. Chess can convey as much happiness as a good book or work of music can. However, it is necessary to learn to play well and only afterwards will one experience real delight. Tigran Petrosian
First of all, I am a mother, and only then a chessplayer Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant
2009
Unfortunately this gentlemanlike behaviour among chessplayers is out of fashion. It’s my principle that you should respect your opponent as much as you respect yourself. Lajos Portisch
1990
Some players lose ability to think independently and rely on computers completely. Lajos Portisch
2012

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