Chess and Math Lecture

Dr. Alexey Root (that’s me) will be giving a lecture at Texas A&M;’s SMaRT camp for high school students on Monday, June 20. The lecture topic is “math and chess.” I’m adapting material from my book Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess Activities for Inquiry and Problem Solving for this lecture.

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When you see a good move, look for a better one.

Emanuel Lasker

You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player.

Jose Raul Capablanca

Help your pieces so they can help you.

Paul Morphy

Chess is a test of wills.

Paul Keres

You are never too old to play chess!

Bobby Fischer

Win with grace, lose with dignity!

Susan Polgar

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.

Siegbert Tarrasch

The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general – is not trusting their instincts enough.

Garry Kasparov

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.

Magnus Carlsen

Dr. Alexey Root