--- title: "34 Chessboard Quotes by 32 authors" description: "Browse 34 Chessboard quotes by 32 authors. Discover the best Chessboard sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85a/c-d-reiss-1966_fire_there-were-too-many-fires-to-put-out-too_2706080.jpg" --- > [“There were too many fires to put out. Too many pieces to move across the chessboard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-d-reiss/there-were-too-many-fires-to-put-out-too-many-pieces-to-move-across/) [C.D. Reiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-d-reiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85a/c-d-reiss-1966_fire_there-were-too-many-fires-to-put-out-too_2706080.jpg) > [The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aron-nimzowitsch/the-isolated-pawn-casts-gloom-over-the-entire-chessboard/) [Aron Nimzowitsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aron-nimzowitsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2eb/aron-nimzowitsch-22143_casts_the-isolated-pawn-casts-gloom-over-the-e_1339628.png) > [“When your main game’s over, you can always move your chessboard elsewhere.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/when-your-main-game-s-over-you-can-always-move-your-chessboard/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/margaret-atwood-40_game_when-your-main-game-s-over-you-can-alway_3183684.jpg) > [“I am but a pawn on the chessboard of life!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-browne/i-am-but-a-pawn-on-the-chessboard-of-life/) [Steve Browne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-browne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/439/steve-browne-279826_humour_i-am-but-a-pawn-on-the-chessboard-of-lif_2575905.jpg) > [There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierre-mac-orlan/there-are-more-adventures-on-a-chessboard-than-on-all-the-seas-of-the/) [Pierre Mac Orlan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierre-mac-orlan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/pierre-mac-orlan-59102_adventure_there-are-more-adventures-on-a-chessboar_2775614.png) > [The center of the chessboard is a magnet, which pulls to itself all the pieces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashot-nadanian/the-center-of-the-chessboard-is-a-magnet-which-pulls-to-itself-all/) [Ashot Nadanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashot-nadanian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/ashot-nadanian-46210_magnet_the-center-of-the-chessboard-is-a-magnet_121467.jpg) > [An isolated pawn spreads gloom all over the chessboard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/savielly-tartakower/an-isolated-pawn-spreads-gloom-all-over-the-chessboard/) [Savielly Tartakower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/savielly-tartakower/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/savielly-tartakower-19903_chess_an-isolated-pawn-spreads-gloom-all-over_1115783.png) > [All that matters on the Chessboard is good moves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-fischer/all-that-matters-on-the-chessboard-is-good-moves/) [Bobby Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-fischer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/bobby-fischer-2633_moves_all-that-matters-on-the-chessboard-is-go_735379.jpg) > [You may knock your opponent down with the chessboard, but that does not prove that you are the better player.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-lowrance/you-may-knock-your-opponent-down-with-the-chessboard-but-that-does/) [Marc Lowrance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-lowrance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b01/marc-lowrance-91675_chess_you-may-knock-your-opponent-down-with-th_1744374.png) > [“The god inside the man glanced at Aly. "This is your chessboard, I believe, my dear." Aly beamed at him. "So it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamora-pierce/the-god-inside-the-man-glanced-at-aly-this-is-your-chessboard-i/) [Tamora Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamora-pierce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fd/tamora-pierce-935_god-inside_the-god-inside-the-man-glanced-at-aly-th_66256.png) > [I played on a 10'x10' chessboard at a hotel in Miami. The pieces were heavy, and I got tired just making a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/i-played-on-a-10-x10-chessboard-at-a-hotel-in-miami-the-pieces-were/) [Gza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/gza-3767_cool_i-played-on-a-10-x10-chessboard-at-a-hot_2746845.png) > [Common sense does not ask an impossible chessboard, but takes the one before it and plays the game.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-phillips/common-sense-does-not-ask-an-impossible-chessboard-but-takes-the-one/) [Wendell Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef3/wendell-phillips-3986_asks_common-sense-does-not-ask-an-impossible_2337906.png) > [“Only the leaders and famous people will be remembered. The rest will be like pieces on the chessboard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mwanandeke-kindembo/only-the-leaders-and-famous-people-will-be-remembered-the-rest-will/) [Mwanandeke Kindembo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mwanandeke-kindembo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/mwanandeke-kindembo-1107_chess-quotes_only-the-leaders-and-famous-people-will_2725229.jpg) > [I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn't even have books at first, and I just played by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magnus-carlsen/i-started-by-just-sitting-by-the-chessboard-exploring-things-i-didn-t/) [Magnus Carlsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magnus-carlsen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88e/magnus-carlsen-11607_bigs_i-started-by-just-sitting-by-the-chessbo_2729244.jpg) > [“The world sometimes seems a chessboard where the pieces move themselves. I'm never sure what square to go to. Yet it can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alasdair-gray/the-world-sometimes-seems-a-chessboard-where-the-pieces-move/) [Alasdair Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alasdair-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/alasdair-gray-13383_chessboard_the-world-sometimes-seems-a-chessboard-w_310827.jpg) > [When the guards noticed my chessboard, they all wanted to play me. And when they started to play me, they always won.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohamedou-ould-slahi/when-the-guards-noticed-my-chessboard-they-all-wanted-to-play-me-and/) [Mohamedou Ould Slahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohamedou-ould-slahi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/mohamedou-ould-slahi-11311_always_when-the-guards-noticed-my-chessboard-th_3220354.jpg) > [Like MCs, each chess player has his own style: how he likes to open, when he likes to attack. Just like we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gza/like-mcs-each-chess-player-has-his-own-style-how-he-likes-to-open/) [Gza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/gza-3767_attack_like-mcs-each-chess-player-has-his-own-s_1455213.png) > [Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of each of us would some day depend upon our winning or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aldous-huxley/suppose-it-were-perfectly-certain-that-the-life-and-fortune-of-each/) [Aldous Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aldous-huxley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16b/aldous-huxley-97_certain_suppose-it-were-perfectly-certain-that-t_1834127.jpg) > [I looked down at the chessboard. The move with the knight was wrong. I put it back where I had moved it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-chandler/i-looked-down-at-the-chessboard-the-move-with-the-knight-was-wrong-i/) [Raymond Chandler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-chandler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/raymond-chandler-629_games_i-looked-down-at-the-chessboard-the-move_2358588.jpg) > [Via the squares on the chessboard, the Indians explain the movement of time and the age, the higher influences which control the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/via-the-squares-on-the-chessboard-the-indians-explain-the-movement-of/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/667/anonymous-1_age_via-the-squares-on-the-chessboard-the-in_1689020.jpg) > [“...when they are gone, it will be use staring across a chessboard at each other. And when I best you, I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/when-they-are-gone-it-will-be-use-staring-across-a-chessboard-at-each/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c61/holly-black-329_best-you_when-they-are-gone-it-will-be-use-starin_1523918.jpg) > [“and a most curious country it was. There were a number of tiny little brooks running straight across it from side to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/and-a-most-curious-country-it-was-there-were-a-number-of-tiny-little/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/lewis-carroll-324_chess_and-a-most-curious-country-it-was-there_2053203.jpg) > [Like looking down on a lubricious chess set, isn't it? The king moves in tiny steps, with no direction, like a drunkard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-moore/like-looking-down-on-a-lubricious-chess-set-isn-t-it-the-king-moves/) [Christopher Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca9/christopher-moore-353_archer_like-looking-down-on-a-lubricious-chess_1646459.jpg) > [“I do not know how old I was when I learned to play chess. I could not have been older than eight,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandar-hemon/i-do-not-know-how-old-i-was-when-i-learned-to-play-chess-i-could-not/) [Aleksandar Hemon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandar-hemon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f89/aleksandar-hemon-1490_chess_i-do-not-know-how-old-i-was-when-i-learn_2932686.jpg) > [On the chessboard, if nowhere else, justice does triumph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-chernev/on-the-chessboard-if-nowhere-else-justice-does-triumph/) [Irving Chernev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-chernev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/irving-chernev-46929_doe_on-the-chessboard-if-nowhere-else-justic_1235632.png) > [Discovered check is the dive bomber of the Chessboard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reuben-fine/discovered-check-is-the-dive-bomber-of-the-chessboard/) [Reuben Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reuben-fine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/reuben-fine-43755_bombers_discovered-check-is-the-dive-bomber-of-t_1214140.jpg) > [It suddenly occurred to me that every move on the chessboard is old and has been played by somebody at some time.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/it-suddenly-occurred-to-me-that-every-move-on-the-chessboard-is-old/) [Karel Capek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karel-capek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/karel-capek-8739_done_it-suddenly-occurred-to-me-that-every-mo_1975493.jpg) > [The center of the chessboard is a magnet, which pulls to itself all the pieces. Therefore the most beautiful and amazing moves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashot-nadanian/the-center-of-the-chessboard-is-a-magnet-which-pulls-to-itself-all-2/) [Ashot Nadanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashot-nadanian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b63/ashot-nadanian-46210_beautiful_the-center-of-the-chessboard-is-a-magnet_2312907.jpg) > [The world is a chessboard, Madam, on which we play out our ploys and follies. You are the Queen, of course. Your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-fisher/the-world-is-a-chessboard-madam-on-which-we-play-out-our-ploys-and/) [Catherine Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-fisher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/catherine-fisher-12784_claims_the-world-is-a-chessboard-madam-on-which_2709777.png) > [I ask people what piece they are on the chessboard. And some people say 'I'm the king' or 'I'm the knight.' And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rza/i-ask-people-what-piece-they-are-on-the-chessboard-and-some-people/) [RZA](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/rza-1981_ask-me_i-ask-people-what-piece-they-are-on-the_451924.png) > [“Pichushkin was picked up the next day and taken in for questioning. During the search of his flat, police discovered a chessboard.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-j-parker/pichushkin-was-picked-up-the-next-day-and-taken-in-for-questioning/) [R.J. Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-j-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/r-j-parker-62756_next-day_pichushkin-was-picked-up-the-next-day-an_545269.jpg) > [The Chess pieces are the block alphabet which shapes thoughts; and these thoughts, although making a visual design on the chessboard, express…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-duchamp/the-chess-pieces-are-the-block-alphabet-which-shapes-thoughts-and/) [Marcel Duchamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-duchamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/add/marcel-duchamp-2390_alphabet_the-chess-pieces-are-the-block-alphabet_2015505.jpg) > [“I see you have prepared the chessboard." He grinned a devilish grin. "I thought we could play for it. I win, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-rickman-vantrease/i-see-you-have-prepared-the-chessboard-he-grinned-a-devilish-grin-i/) [Brenda Rickman Vantrease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-rickman-vantrease/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48f/brenda-rickman-vantrease-35025_grinned_i-see-you-have-prepared-the-chessboard-h_2870029.jpg) > [“My codes says that... the world is based on a chessboard rule... First the White pieces then the black pieces... white… black...white...black...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deyth-banger/my-codes-says-that-the-world-is-based-on-a-chessboard-rule-first-the/) [Deyth Banger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deyth-banger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/deyth-banger-871_black-white_my-codes-says-that-the-world-is-based-on_3218263.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chessboard/#itemlist", "name": "Chessboard Quotes", "numberOfItems": 34, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There were too many fires to put out. Too many pieces to move across the chessboard.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "C.D. 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Maybe our own history has been played out by somebody at some time, and we just move our pieces about in the same moves to strike in the same way as people have always done.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Karel Capek" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karel-capek/it-suddenly-occurred-to-me-that-every-move-on-the-chessboard-is-old/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/karel-capek-8739_done_it-suddenly-occurred-to-me-that-every-mo_1975493.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/karel-capek-8739_done_it-suddenly-occurred-to-me-that-every-mo_1975493.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ed/karel-capek-8739_done_it-suddenly-occurred-to-me-that-every-mo_1975493.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It suddenly occurred to me that every move on the chessboard is old and has been played by somebody at some…” — Karel Capek", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 28, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The center of the chessboard is a magnet, which pulls to itself all the pieces. 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