Chess Quotes

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Charles Babbage proposed to make an automaton chess-player which should register mechanically the number of games lost and gained in consequence of every sort of… — William Stanley Jevons
Chess problems are the hymn-tunes of mathematics. — G. H. Hardy
Reductio ad absurdum, which Euclid loved so much, is one of a mathematician's finest weapons. It is a far finer gambit than any chess play:… — G. H. Hardy
Chess is a unique cognitive nexus, a place where art and science come together in the human mind and are then refined and improved by… — Garry Kasparov
Hold'em is to stud what chess is to checkers. — Johnny Moss
She felt like a chess player who, by the clever handling of his pieces, sees the game taking the course intended. Her eyes were bright… — Kate Chopin
...once the cards are dealt we turn them up in turn, and make two piles each, one red, one black; the winner has the biggest… — G. E. M. Anscombe
Talking of first times Stephanie, I bet your first time was really memorable for you and the captain ot the football team .. and the… — Chris Jericho
Within these premises, the only thing one can be is an impeccable mediator. One is not the player in this cosmic match of chess, one… — Carlos Castaneda
Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy. — Siegbert Tarrasch
The winner is the one who makes the next-to-last mistake. — Savielly Tartakower
Without error, there is no brilliancy. — Emanuel Lasker
Took awhile, got the jokers out of the deck now, I'm holdin all the cards and niggas wanna play chess now — Drake
Let the perfectionist play postal. — Yasser Seirawan
I have always disliked the fierce competitive spirit embodied in that highly intellectual game. — Albert Einstein
Chess is a miniature version of life. To be successful, you need to be disciplined, assess resources, consider responsible choices and adjust when circumstances change. — Susan Polgar
I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees. — Alexander Alekhine
Chess is a matter of vanity. — Alexander Alekhine
It has always been recognized that chess is an art, and its best practitioners have been described as artists. — Alexander Kotov
A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is… — Alexander Morozevich

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