Chess Quotes · Page 25

Not all artists are Chess players, but all Chess players are artists

— Marcel Duchamp

The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

My dad was more, "Let's play chess. Read a book, you're stupid." He's more the intellectual type.

— Michelle Rodriguez

Like mortars in old war films, they are often ready to destroy the opponent's unsupported defences.

— Alexey Suetin

Every time I win a tournament I have to think that there is something wrong with modern chess.

— Viktor Korchnoi

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

— Max Euwe

I like to play chess with bald men in the park although it's hard to find 32 of them.

— Emo Philips

Took awhile, got the jokers out of the deck now, I'm holdin all the cards and niggas wanna play chess now

— Drake

“Grandmasters play chess by combining experience with intuition, backed up with calculation and study. Computers play chess by brute calculation; their “study”…

— Garry Kasparov

I was labeled as a tricky player early on and have been regarded as tricky throughout my whole career. It was said…

— Judit Polgar

The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general…

— Garry Kasparov

Skill at helping people grow spiritually, like skill at playing chess, depends on understanding and valuing differences.

— John Ortberg

In a rook and pawn ending, the rook must be used aggressively. It must either attack enemy pawns, or give active support…

— Siegbert Tarrasch

The game of chess. Supposedly men made it up, and it's about war and men and the ravages and the bravery and…

— Bill Cosby

The range of circumstances in which it is possible to presuppose the presence of a combination is very limited. The presence of…

— Emanuel Lasker

The Olympic Charter says winter sports must be played on snow or ice, so the Chess Federation says they'll play with ice…

— Peter Sagal

“The reason I like the game chess is because each move has countless repercussions, but you're in charge of them. And it's…

— Bono

Chess may be the deepest, least exhaustible of pastimes, but it is nothing more. As for a chess genius, he is a…

— George Steiner

You can only win the game when you understand that it is a game. Let a man play chess, and tell him…

— Mark Lawrence

“By the turn of the twentieth century, every state in the South had laws on the books that disenfranchised blacks and discriminated…

— Michelle Alexander

How did you keep this by you?" Grey demanded abruptly. "You were searched to the skin when you were brought back." The…

— Diana Gabaldon

The great mobility of the King forms one of the chief characteristics of all endgame strategy. In the middlegame the King is…

— Aron Nimzowitsch

An exception was made with respect to me, because of my victory over Marshall. Some of the masters objected to my entry…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

I don't know if I went to the gym, [but] Woody [Harrelson] was 24, and at that point I was like 37,…

— Ted Danson

A game of chess is not an examination of knowledge; it is a battle of nerves.

— David Bronstein

The beauty of a game of chess is usually assessed according to the sacrifices it contains.

— Rudolf Spielmann

My sister bought me a set at a candy store and taught me the moves.

— Bobby Fischer

Believe firmly that in chess there are no rules without exceptions.

— Reuben Fine

In my free time, I love to catch up with tennis, swimming, travelling, and chess.

— Namrata Shirodkar

We lived in the provincial town of Ramat Gan where I spent most of my youth adjacent to the chess board.

— Arnon Goldfinger

In Chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically eliminated.

— Emanuel Lasker

Lasker thought that his rationalism rendered him immune from the surprises of chess theory.

— Savielly Tartakower

I'd like to always be romantic in chess. Sadly, this doesn't always work like that.

— Mikhail Tal

The key to ultimate succcess is the determination to progress day by day.

— Edmar Mednis

Obama is like a chess player who is playing simultaneous chess and has opened his game with an unusual opening.

— Henry A. Kissinger

Remy you're my king." I hug him hard. "There's no chess game for me without you.

— Katy Evans

Intuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position.

— Viswanathan Anand

I think I can safely conclude that there is not a lot to be said for playing chess while on Valium.

— Tony Miles

I think chess players are not always what you think them to be. Or maybe it's our job to appear serious.

— Anish Giri

Contrary to many young Colleagues, I do believe that it makes sense to study the Classics.

— Magnus Carlsen