Quote by Barry Lyga

“Like they say, the game is chess, it damn sure ain't checkers. Every move I make is so that I can conquer and destroy.”

— Wahida Clark

“I'm playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers, that's why I always lose”

— Josh Stern

“I like to play chess. I moved to a small town, and nobody played chess there, but one guy challenged me to checkers. I…

— Peter Hessler

“Deal me in. If they want to play checkers, we’ll play chess. Fuck them.”

— Dick Lehr

“It was like trying to make a move at chess when you were already mated.”

— George Orwell

“I don't know how to play chess, but to me, life is like a game of chess.”

— Thierry Guetta

“To many people chess is an extreme sport. It requires a lot of thinking.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova

“Alienor glanced across at the girls who were still oblivious of their fate as they sat over their game of chess. They had been…

— Elizabeth Chadwick

“In life, as in chess, it is always better to analyze one's motives and intentions.”

— Vladimir Nabokov

“Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent's mind.”

— Bobby Fischer

“In their figurative game of chess, Anthony Rawlings had Claire in check. Every move she made, he countered.”

— Aleatha Romig

“I’ve always found chess to be a bit too much like real life to provide much enjoyment as a game.”

— Catherynne M. Valente