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The majority of people imagine a chess master as being a townsman who passes his life in an atmosphere of smoke and play in…

— Richard Reti

Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player

— Siegbert Tarrasch

“Why people do that in case it can be predicted like the table of chess, why people are liars and hypocritical?”

— Deyth Banger

During the course of many years I have observed that a great number of doctors, lawyers, and important businessmen make a habit of visiting…

— Jose Raul Capablanca

Chess and theatre often lead to madness.

— Fernando Arrabal

The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general – is…

— Garry Kasparov

Chess is a curse upon a man.

— H. G. Wells

I guess a certain amount of temperament is expected of Chess geniuses

— Ronald Gross

Chess is not something that drives people mad; it is something that keeps mad people sane.

— William Hartston

“In games there are rules, but in life the rules keep changing. You could put your bishop out there to mate the other guy’s…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

Emotional instability can be one of the factors giving rise to a failure by chess players in important duels. Under the influence of surging…

— Mark Dvoretsky

Those who think that it is easy to play chess are mistaken. During a game a player lives on his nerves, and at the…

— Viktor Korchnoi