Chess Quotes

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After black's reply to 1.e4 with 1..e5, leaves him always trying to get into the game — Howard Staunton
We don't really know how the game was invented, though there are suspicions. As soon as we discover the culprits, we'll let you know — Bruce Pandolfini
Blessed be the memory of him who gave the world this immortal game — Unknown Author
With or without the title, Bobby Fischer was unquestionably the greatest player of his time — Burt Hochberg
Fischer was a master of clarity and a king of artful positioning. His opponents would see where he was going but were powerless to stop… — Bruce Pandolfini
I like to say that Bobby Fischer was the greatest player ever. But what made Fischer a genius was his ability to blend an American… — Bruce Pandolfini
Chess isn't a game of speed, it is a game of speech through actions — Unknown Author
No matter what the name, we're all the same pieces in one big chess game. — Chuck D
In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from external… — Stanislaw Ulam
Describing one competitive advantage of IBM's Deep Blue chess computer. It has no fear. — Yasser Seirawan
The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create… — Vladimir Kramnik
If I'm home with no chore at hand, and a package of books has come, the television set and the chess board and the unanswered… — Rex Stout
To become a chess grandmaster also seems to take about ten years. (Only the legendary Bobby Fisher got to that elite level in less than… — Malcolm Gladwell
Why are most chess masters under 30? — Mark Zuckerberg
The key in terms of mental ability is chess. There's never been a woman Grand Master chess player. Once you get one, then I'll buy… — Pat Robertson
Which do I prefer? Sex or chess? It depends on the position. — Boris Spassky
He liked to play chess and do intelligent things, and I was a serious drinker and nonthinker. — Warren G. Harding
There was mass hysteria in the Chess Recording Studio when I did the "Shapes of Things" solo ... they weren't expecting it, and it was… — Jeff Beck
The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a… — Daniel Levitin
India was China's teacher in religion and imaginative literature, and the world's teacher in trignometry, quandratic equations, grammar, phonetics, Arabian Nights, animal fables, chess, as… — Lin Yutang

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