--- title: "11 Chess Master Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Chess Master quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Chess Master sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/alexander-alekhine-17228_chess_chess-will-always-be-the-master-of-us-al_1090195.jpg" --- > [Chess will always be the master of us all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-alekhine/chess-will-always-be-the-master-of-us-all/) [Alexander Alekhine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-alekhine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/alexander-alekhine-17228_chess_chess-will-always-be-the-master-of-us-al_1090195.jpg) > [Every Chess master was once a beginner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-chernev/every-chess-master-was-once-a-beginner/) [Irving Chernev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-chernev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3e/irving-chernev-46929_beginner_every-chess-master-was-once-a-beginner-1_1630381.png) > [The chess master says nothing, other than moving the silient chess piece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/the-chess-master-says-nothing-other-than-moving-the-silient-chess/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/rumi-56_chess_the-chess-master-says-nothing-other-than_2224354.jpg) > [The stomach is an essential part of the Chess master](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bent-larsen/the-stomach-is-an-essential-part-of-the-chess-master/) [Bent Larsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bent-larsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/bent-larsen-28588_chess_the-stomach-is-an-essential-part-of-the_3052660.png) > [In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-schulz/in-our-town-there-was-a-gestapo-officer-who-loved-to-play-chess-after/) [Bruno Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-schulz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/bruno-schulz-10193_chess_in-our-town-there-was-a-gestapo-officer_3101580.jpg) > [The majority of people imagine a chess master as being a townsman who passes his life in an atmosphere of smoke and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-reti/the-majority-of-people-imagine-a-chess-master-as-being-a-townsman-who/) [Richard Reti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-reti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7e/richard-reti-31532_atmosphere_the-majority-of-people-imagine-a-chess-m_194079.jpg) > [I used to play a lot of chess and competitive chess and study chess and as you get to the grandmasters and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/i-used-to-play-a-lot-of-chess-and-competitive-chess-and-study-chess/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/rainn-wilson-4323_astonishing_i-used-to-play-a-lot-of-chess-and-compet_2285256.png) > [Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson. Unix was basically his, likewise C's predecessor, likewise much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-ritchie/obviously-the-person-who-had-most-influence-on-my-career-was-ken/) [Dennis Ritchie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-ritchie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b8/dennis-ritchie-13863_bases_obviously-the-person-who-had-most-influe_506499.jpg) > [The life of a chess master is much more difficult than that of an artist - much more depressing. An artist knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-duchamp/the-life-of-a-chess-master-is-much-more-difficult-than-that-of-an/) [Marcel Duchamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-duchamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/marcel-duchamp-2390_accepted_the-life-of-a-chess-master-is-much-more_1188815.jpg) > [“In chess we have the obligation to move; there is no option to skip a turn if you can’t identify a direction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-kasparov/in-chess-we-have-the-obligation-to-move-there-is-no-option-to-skip-a/) [Garry Kasparov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-kasparov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/193/garry-kasparov-910_chess_in-chess-we-have-the-obligation-to-move_2285639.jpg) > [A chess master can keep track of more choices than the number of stars in the galaxy within an instant, but these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheena-iyengar/a-chess-master-can-keep-track-of-more-choices-than-the-number-of/) [Sheena Iyengar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheena-iyengar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/sheena-iyengar-2596_chess_a-chess-master-can-keep-track-of-more-ch_1833169.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chess-master/#itemlist", "name": "Chess Master Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Chess will always be the master of us all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alexander Alekhine" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-alekhine/chess-will-always-be-the-master-of-us-all/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/alexander-alekhine-17228_chess_chess-will-always-be-the-master-of-us-al_1090195.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/alexander-alekhine-17228_chess_chess-will-always-be-the-master-of-us-al_1090195.jpg", "url": 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The way Kasparov or Bobby Fischer expresses themselves through a game of chess is it's astonishing. 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Unix was basically his, likewise C's predecessor, likewise much of the basis of Plan 9 (though Rob Pike was the real force in getting it together). And in the meantime Ken created the first computer chess master and pretty much rewrote the book on chess endgames. 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If Bobby Fischer came to me for advice, I certainly would not discourage him - as if anyone could - but I would try to make it positively clear that he will never have any money from chess, live a monk-like existence and know more rejection than any artist ever has, struggling to be known and accepted.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marcel Duchamp" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-duchamp/the-life-of-a-chess-master-is-much-more-difficult-than-that-of-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/marcel-duchamp-2390_accepted_the-life-of-a-chess-master-is-much-more_1188815.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/marcel-duchamp-2390_accepted_the-life-of-a-chess-master-is-much-more_1188815.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/773/marcel-duchamp-2390_accepted_the-life-of-a-chess-master-is-much-more_1188815.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The life of a chess master is much more difficult than that of an artist - much more depressing. 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