Chess Quotes · Page 59

I like to make them squirm.

— Bobby Fischer

The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer…

— Mikhail Tal

Chess continues to advance over time, so the players of the future will inevitably surpass me in the quality of their play,…

— Garry Kasparov

Drawn games are sometimes more scintillating than any conclusive contest.

— Savielly Tartakower

[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their…

— George Bernard Shaw

And his six pawns were scattered like the ships of the Armada that should have conquered England; the Lord blew, and they…

— Hans Kmoch

Life is much interesting game than chess, u'll always lose by your own queen.

— Ritesh

One of these modest little moves may be more embarrassing to your opponent than the biggest threat

— Siegbert Tarrasch

Well I just so happened to bump into a chess book in the library at school and I didn't know that there…

— Maurice Ashley

“It is in general and odd thing to reach some measure of fame and see one's name bandied about in the newspapers.…

— David Liss

Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

No matter what the name, we're all the same pieces in one big chess game.

— Chuck D

Bobby Fischer was hugely important for the American chess community because it put chess on the map - he made it possible…

— Liz Garbus

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

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

— Magnus Carlsen

How good is Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel anyway? ... to me, Daniel's brilliance has nothing to do with the big numbers he…

— Joe Posnanski

As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an…

— Alexander Alekhine

Though most people love to look at the games of the great attacking masters, some of the most successful players in history…

— Yasser Seirawan

Investing is far more cumulative [than chess]. So long as you're sharp, you can do it for as long as you want.

— Patrick Wolff

In my country, at that time, being a champion of chess was like being a King. At that time I was a…

— Boris Spassky

In my opinion the Open variation is absolutely correct - and more interesting than the Closed.

— Bent Larsen

“Living together/ is one move closer/ to living apart”

— Kristi Maxwell

Every move creates a weakness.

— Siegbert Tarrasch

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

— Edmar Mednis

When I used to go to the Manhattan Chess Club back in the fifties, I met a lot of old-timers there who…

— Bobby Fischer