Chess Quotes

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I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that. — David Bailey
My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible. — Dave Barry
These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess. — Kobe Bryant
A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking… — Madeleine Albright
Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. — Alexander Alekhine
I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. — Alexander Alekhine
I look at improvising as a prolonged game of chess. There's an opening gambit with your pawn in a complex game I have with one… — Steve Carell
I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to say, the way in which… — Graydon Carter
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. — Raymond Chandler
People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. — Nicolas Chamfort
Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game. — Winston Churchill
I failed to make the chess team because of my height. — Woody Allen
Chess is intellectual gymnastics. — Wilhelm Steinitz
In boxing you create a strategy to beat each new opponent, it's just like chess. — Lennox Lewis
We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields. But which are the best ones to start with? Many… — Alan Turing
Life is like a game of chess...there are many moves possible, but each move determines your next move...where you wind up is the sum total… — Mort Walker
The physicist is like someone who's watching people playing chess and, after watching a few games, he may have worked out what the moves in… — Martin Rees
Life is like a game of chess. To win you have to make a move. Knowing which move to make comes with IN-SIGHT and knowledge,… — Alan Rufus
A chess problem is genuine mathematics, but it is in some way "trivial" mathematics. However, ingenious and intricate, however original and surprising the moves, there… — G. H. Hardy
Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things… — George Johnson

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