Chess Quotes

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

— Emanuel Lasker

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

— Simen Agdestein

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

— Garry Kasparov

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

— Laura Lippman

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

— Dave Rubin

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

— Russell Blake

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

— Eve Babitz

Chess is a good mistress but a bad master.

— Gerald Abrahams

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

— Magnus Carlsen

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine

— Mikhail Tal

My parents were very supportive of my chess. When I got home after a game of chess, having missed school or something,…

— Viswanathan Anand

Amberley excelled at chess - a mark, Watson, of a scheming mind.

— Arthur Conan Doyle

In high school, my sister went out with the captain of the chess team. My parents loved him... They figured that any…

— Brian Kiley

The King is a fighting piece. Use it!

— Wilhelm Steinitz

“When she moves a chess piece on the board, it isn’t so she can win; it’s to move the game forward. She’s…

— Danielle Stewart

A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult,…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

I would never suggest to anyone that they drop school for chess. First of all even if you can make it in…

— Viswanathan Anand

For 'Inhuman,' it's a 'chess game' series. You have a lot of pieces moving different ways at once, and it's about what…

— Charles Soule

Tactics flow from a superior position

— Bobby Fischer

Politicians should be dedicated to the welfare of the people, but sometimes politics becomes like a game of chess, in which the…

— Nirmala Srivastava

You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But…

— Stanley Kubrick

Chess and theatre often lead to madness.

— Fernando Arrabal

I spend around one hour per day on physical exercise. Exercise is a must for every chess player. As the proverb says,…

— Humpy Koneru

When your house is on fire, you cant be bothered with the neighbors. Or, as we say in Chess, if your King…

— Garry Kasparov