“It was like playing checkers, only to learn that your opponent was playing chess all along.” — Barry Lyga Copy Share Image
The Kremlin is constantly changing the rules of the game to suit its purposes. We are not playing chess, we're playing roulette. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
Chess is thirty to forty percent psychology. You don't have this when you play a computer. I can't confuse it — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
What is the object of playing a gambit opening?... To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
One doesn't have to play well, it's enough to play better than your opponent — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
Chess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make. — David Hockney Copy Share Image
“Wonderful. Now what was I doing, dear?' 'Playing chess with Bogdan.' 'Oh, good. He made me scrambled eggs. And he gave Ron… — Richard Osman Copy Share Image
There are two classes of men; those who are content to yield to circumstances and who play whist; those who aim to… — Mortimer Collins Copy Share Image
When you are lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Well, I think, in large part, when I first began playing chess at seven years old, I was quite bad at it.… — Hikaru Nakamura Copy Share Image
“Her curiosity would be the end of them both. “Chess. They are playing chess,” he said, his voice oddly husky. “Chess? I… — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
I picked it up just for relaxation. I can sit down and get into the game and escape that it's a big… — Larry Johnson Copy Share Image
Actually, one of the fascinating things that I've learned playing chess is that the way you play chess is kind of like… — Anthony Carrigan Copy Share Image
Playing chess is more athletic than artistic. Champions are more concerned with victory than beauty: it's war with occasionally graceful kicks. — Jennifer Shahade Copy Share Image
I started playing chess when I was five years old. I learned the moves from my mother, then worked with my father… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
I started playing chess when I was about 4 or 5 years old. It is very good for children to learn to… — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
I was a professional chess player in Romania, but only a small-time master. When I came to France, I continued playing chess… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
Chess is more than a game or a mental training. It is a distinct attainment. I have always regarded the playing of… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
I started playing chess in the Eighties, but it is only recently that people have begun to appreciate the importance of physical… — Judit Polgar Copy Share Image
Work, as we usually think of it, is energy expended for a further end in view; play is energy expended for its… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
It's important, according to me, to train in small doses so as to not lose the joy of playing chess. I personally… — Viswanathan Anand Copy Share Image
By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Love is lyk a Boy Playing Carrom, Always Afraid of losing His QUEEN A Girl Playing Chess, Risking everything Just 2 Protect… — Br0k3n_h3Art Copy Share Image
I got arrested for playing chess in the street. I said, it's because I'm black, isn't it. — Milton Jones Copy Share Image
“I'm playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers, that's why I always lose” — Josh Stern Copy Share Image
Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed… — Anatoly Karpov Copy Share Image
The intelligent perusal of fine games cannot fail to make the reader a better player and a better judge of the play… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
When you don't know what to play, wait for an idea to come into your opponent's mind. You may be sure that… — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game — Siegbert Tarrasch Copy Share Image
Life is like playing chess with God. Your moves are called CHOICE and His moves are called CHALLENGES — Anonymous Copy Share Image