Chess Quotes

1355 quotes by 411 authors

There's no one alive I can't beat. — Bobby Fischer
They're all weak, all women. They're stupid compared to men. They shouldn't play chess, you know. They're like beginners. They lose every single game against… — Bobby Fischer
When I was eleven, I just got good. — Bobby Fischer
I believe that, not only in chess, but in life in general, people place too much stock in ratings â€“ they pay attention to which… — Boris Gelfand
Fighting for me is a chess game. I'm not angry with my opponent. I just want to go in there and win. — Demian Maia
I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he was a chess champion because it took him 20 minutes to pass… — Eric Sykes
There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model United Nations and debate club all at… — Rainn Wilson
Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess. — Eric Bogosian
I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son — John Turturro
Chess players are madmen of a certain quality, the way the artist is supposed to be, and isn't, in general. — Marcel Duchamp
Women can do anything men can do. Except math, chess, running, jumping, lifting stuff, fixing things, making money, hockey, surfing, driving, making decisions, being tall,… — Daniel Tosh
I stopped taking notes on my Palm Pilot and started playing the little chess game. — Roger Ebert
In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent. — Vasily Smyslov
I have visited TromsÃ¸ and can personally say TromsÃ¸ is a beautiful city, well equipped to be an excellent choice for the Chess Olympiad 2014. — Susan Polgar
According to research, test scores improved by 17.3% for students regularly engaged in chess classes, compared with only 4.6% for children participating in other forms… — Susan Polgar
It's not that the Democrats are playing checkers and the Republicans are playing chess. It's that the Republicans are playing chess and the Democrats are… — Jon Stewart
Though I like the various forms of football in the world, I don't think they begin to compare with these two great Anglo-Saxon ball games… — John Fowles
Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right. — Clive James
Characters tend to be either for or against the quest. If they assist it, they are idealized as simply gallant or pure; if they obstruct… — Northrop Frye
Who's straight? I'm not. I am bent gouged pinched and tugged at, and squeezed into this funny shape. Each life is a game of chess… — Martin Amis

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