Chess Quotes and Sayings

Life is like a chess game. Every decision, just like every move, has consequences. Therefore, decide wisely!

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Many have become chess masters; no one has become the master of chess.
– Siegbert Tarrasch

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The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.
– Aaron Nimzowitsch

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Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.
– Vladimir Putin

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Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine.
– Spielmann

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Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check.
– Aron Nimzowitsch

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In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
– Isaac Asimov

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Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.
– Blaise Pascal

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Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever when they are only wasting their time.
– George Bernard Shaw

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

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All that matters on the chessboard is good moves.
– Bobby Fischer

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The pawns are the soul of chess.
– Philidor

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The King is a fighting Piece. Use it!
– Wilhelm Steinitz

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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe
– Indian proverb

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Chess is ruthless: you’ve got to be prepared to kill people.
– Nigel Short

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Chess is a very logical game and it is the man who can reason most logically and profoundly in it that ought to win.
– Jose Capablanca

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Chess is a beautiful mistress.
– Larsen

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Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.
– Mikhail Botvinnik

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When you have a Winning position, K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Stupid).
– Michael Aigner

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Chess is everything – art, science, and sport.
– Karpov

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Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.
– Napoleon Bonaparte

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The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
– Tartakover

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Not all Artists may be Chess players, but all Chess players are Artists.
– Marcel Duchamp

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Chess is as much a mystery as women
– Purdy

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Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory.
– Max Euwe

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

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Life is like a game of chess, changing with each move.

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You cannot play at chess if you are kind-hearted.
– French Proverb

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One bad move nullifies Forty good ones.
– Israel Albert Horowitz

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Life’s too short for chess.
– Henry James Byron

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Every chess master was once a beginner.
– Chernev

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When your house is on fire, you can’t be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in chess, if your King is under attack, don’t worry about losing a pawn on the queen side.

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A chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third… when you know you’re going to lose!
– Tartakower

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A chess player uses his/her knowledge to prepare for next game while a passionate coach prepares for next generation!

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When the chess game is over, the pawn and the king go back to the same box
– Etienne Goldstein

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Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his nerves, and at the same time he must be perfectly composed.
– Victor Kortchnoi

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Chess is not a game but a disease.
– Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

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Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess.
– William Napier

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The essence of chess is thinking about what chess is.
– David Bronstein

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Strategy requires Thought; Tactics require Observation.
– Champion Max Euwe

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Chess is in its essence a game, in its form an art, and in its execution a science.

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Chess is really 99 percent calculation
– Soltis

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Chess is 99 percent tactics.
– Teichmann

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Chess is like a language. The top players are very fluent at it. Talent can be developed scientifically, but you have to find first what you are good at.
– Viswanathan Anand

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No price is too great for the scalp of the enemy King.
– Koblentz

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

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Chess is a matter of daily training.
– Vladimir Kramnik

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Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent’s mind.
– Bobby Fischer

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In chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically eliminated.
– Emanuel Lasker

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Chess is the Art of Analysis.
– Champion Mikhail Botvinnik

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Chess and theatre often lead to madness.
– Arrabal

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Chess strength in general and chess strength in a specific match are by no means one and the same thing.

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Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
– Wilhelm Steinitz

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The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move.
– GM David Bronstein

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Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.
– Vladimir Putin

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Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by.

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Ultimately, what separates a Winner from a Loser at the Grandmaster level is the Willingness to do the Unthinkable.
– Garry Kasparov

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Chess is a fairy tale of 1001 blunders
– Savielly Tartakower

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The best indicator of a Chess Player’s form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game.
– Boris Spassky

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Chess is life
– Bobby Fischer

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Chess is a cure for headaches.
– John Maynard Keynes

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Chess is not for the timid.
– Irving Chernev

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

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All I want to do, ever, is to play chess.
– Bobby Fischer

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