Chess Quotes

1355 quotes by 411 authors

When you are lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in… — Aristotle
All Chess players should have a hobby — Savielly Tartakower
I played Chess with him and would have beaten him sometimes only he always took back his last move, and ran the game out differently — Mark Twain
The tactician knows what to do when there is something to do; whereas the strategian knows what to do when there is nothing to do — Gerald Abrahams
The way he plays Chess demonstrates a man's whole nature — Stanley Ellin
You can only get good at Chess if you love the game — Bobby Fischer
A man that will take back a move at Chess will pick a pocket — Richard Fenton
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
In blitz, the Knight is stronger than the Bishop — Vlastimil Hort
Pawn endings are to Chess what putting is to golf — Cecil Purdy
The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard — Aron Nimzowitsch
By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged… — Benjamin Franklin
Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game — Wilhelm Steinitz
When I have White, I win because I am white; When I have Black, I win because I am Bogolyubov — Unknown Author
Chess is a part of culture and if a culture is declining then Chess too will decline — Mikhail Botvinnik
Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have the ability to… — Mikhail Botvinnik
Place the contents of the Chess box in a hat, shake them up vigorously, pour them on the board from a height of two feet,… — Unknown Author
I have never in my life played the French Defence, which is the dullest of all openings — Wilhelm Steinitz
Pawns are born free, yet they are everywhere in chains — Rick Kennedy
It is not a move, even the best move that you must seek, but a realizable plan — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

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