Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.
– Vladimir Putin
Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.
– Vladimir Putin
Life’s too short for chess.
– Henry James Byron
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
Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent’s mind.
– Bobby Fischer
Chess is ruthless: you’ve got to be prepared to kill people.
– Nigel Short
In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.
– Isaac Asimov
Many have become chess masters; no one has become the master of chess.
– Siegbert Tarrasch
Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check.
– Aron Nimzowitsch
When you see a good move, look for a better one.
– Emanuel Lasker
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
Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by.
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.
Chess strength in general and chess strength in a specific match are by no means one and the same thing.
The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it.
– Aaron Nimzowitsch
Chess is the gymnasium of the mind.
– Blaise Pascal
No price is too great for the scalp of the enemy King.
– Koblentz
The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.
– Tartakover
The pawns are the soul of chess.
– Philidor
All that matters on the chessboard is good moves.
– Bobby Fischer
Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine.
– Spielmann
When the chess game is over, the pawn and the king go back to the same box
– Etienne Goldstein
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
Every chess master was once a beginner.
– Chernev
You cannot play at chess if you are kind-hearted.
– French Proverb
Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.
– Tarrasch
Chess is as much a mystery as women
– Purdy
Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe
– Indian proverb
Chess is really 99 percent calculation
– Soltis
Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game.
– Wilhelm Steinitz