I don't like politics especially in chess. All I want is…

Real chessplayers think about chess more or less 24 hours a day. It is a passion and a fate that one has to live…

— Simen Agdestein

After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all.…

— Anatoly Karpov

Truth derives its strength not so much from itself as from the brilliant contrast it makes with what is only apparently true. This applies…

— Emanuel Lasker

If we talk about pure abilities and skills, I believe there should be no reason why women cannot play as well as men.

— Susan Polgar

Chess is a miniature version of life. To be successful, you need to be disciplined, assess resources, consider responsible choices and adjust when circumstances…

— Susan Polgar

I believe that the best style is a universal one, tactical and positional at the same time ...

— Susan Polgar

I am not some sort of freak. I might be very good at chess but I'm just a normal person.

— Magnus Carlsen

Chess is a good mistress but a bad master.

— Gerald Abrahams

[Photographer Julian Wasser] had this great idea that I should play chess naked with Marcel Duchamp and it seem to be such a great…

— Eve Babitz

“the shadows. “Why do you think they invented chess?” “He’s got you there,” said the captain, following Fletcher. Jake jogged slightly to catch up…

— Russell Blake

Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.

— Alexander Alekhine

The election of Trump threw the chess board up. The pieces are all over the place. That's upsetting to a lot of people, but…

— Dave Rubin

“Relationships are chess for women," he said. "They can see the whole board, plan way ahead. They're the queens, after all. We're the kings,…

— Laura Lippman

It's interesting that the greatest minds of computer science, the founding fathers, like Alan Turing and Claude Shannon and Norbert Wiener, they all looked…

— Garry Kasparov

I have known many chess players, but among them there has been only one genius - Capablanca!

— Emanuel Lasker