Chess Quote by Aron Nimzowitsch

The way he plays Chess demonstrates a man's whole nature

— Stanley Ellin

There are two classes of men; those who are content to yield to circumstances and who play whist; those who aim to control circumstances,…

— Mortimer Collins

The best chess masters of every epoch have been closely linked with the values of the society in which they lived and worked. All…

— Garry Kasparov

Chess is a contest between two men which lends itself particularly to the conflicts surrounding aggression.

— Reuben Fine

When I am trying to understand the method of winning in the endgame with two bishops against the knight, chess is a science, when…

— Ashot Nadanian

A win gives one a feeling of self-affirmation, and success - a feeling of self-expression, but only a sensible harmonization between these urges can…

— Oleg Romanishin

In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to…

— Charles Buxton

Chess is a test of wills.

— Paul Keres

“The art of chess is akin to the art of war itself; full of strategy and cunning, yet clever placements.”

— Jennifer Megan Varnadore

Fancy what a game of chess would be if all the chessmen had passions and intellects, more or less small and cunning; if you…

— George Eliot

Like MCs, each chess player has his own style: how he likes to open, when he likes to attack. Just like we face off…

— Gza

You see, in chess we have styles - like in any other field. There are also fashions in the kinds of systems that people…

— Anonymous