Checkmate Quotes

22 quotes by 20 authors

Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player — Max Euwe
On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in… — Emanuel Lasker
In mathematics, if I find a new approach to a problem, another mathematician might claim that he has a better, more elegant solution. In chess,… — Emanuel Lasker
Woe to he who checkmates his opponents at last, only to discover they have been playing cribbage. — Jedediah Berry
Seize the outpost K5 with your knight, and you can go to sleep. Checkmate will come by itself. — Savielly Tartakower
When neither party can give checkmate, the game is drawn — Howard Staunton
... the woman who grows up with the idea that she is simply to be an amiable animal, to be caressed and coaxed, is invariably… — Charles Dickens
If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And… — Aung San Suu Kyi
In the name of God! You, demon, born in the dark! I seal you here! Checkmate! — Arina Tanemura
The strong are strengthened by reverses; the trouble is that the true meaning of events scores next to nothing in the match we play with… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
We all play chess with Fate as partner. He makes a move, we make a move. He tries to checkmate us in three moves, we… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate. — Isaac Asimov
I'll listen to you, but you need to treat me with a little respect. Because it doesn't sound like I'm a pawn. Sounds like I'm… — Larissa Ione
Death is not a checkmateâ€¦it is more like a carnival trick. You cannot win, no matter how you move your Queen. — Catherynne M. Valente
Iâ€™m never gonna wait that extra twenty minutes to text you back, and Iâ€™m never gonna play hard to get when I know your life… — Andrea Gibson
If I allow the fact that I am a Negro to checkmate my will to do, now, I will inevitably form the habit of being… — Paul Williams
Any man that tries to downgrade you from a Queen to a Pawn, is looking for a Checkmate, not a Soulmate. Don't get confused. — Michael Watson
As God said to Job, Checkmate — Stephen Colbert
If we can hit that bull's-eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate! — Zapp Brannigan
I wait every moment you do (but not, because I love you,) so you can feel proud of yourself thinking that someone loved you_It pains… — Mak_786

Who Wrote These Checkmate Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 22 Checkmate Quotes as follows: