Chess Quote by Alexander Alekhine

Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.

— Mikhail Botvinnik

Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival.

— Frank Herbert

Chess is a very logical game and it is the man who can reason most logically and profoundly in it that ought to win.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

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

— David Bronstein

In chess, as played by a good player, logic and imagination must go hand in hand, compensating each other.

— Jose Raul Capablanca

Chess cannot be taught. Chess can only be learned.

— Mikhail Botvinnik

Chess is a fighting game which is purely intellectual and includes chance.

— Richard Reti

Today, chess programs have become so good that even grandmasters sometimes struggle to understand the logic behind some of their moves.

— Kenneth Rogoff

Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging. Chess must not be memorized...

— Emanuel Lasker

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

— Wilhelm Steinitz

Chess is an effective means to educate and train the human intellect.

— Che Guevara

Chess is a game of understanding and not of memory.

— Eugene Znosko-Borovsky