Chess Quotes

1355 quotes by 411 authors

Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make… — Boris Spassky
When it comes to fully understanding how to strategically move all the pieces on the marketing and distribution chess board on a worldwide basis, Jeff… — Amy Pascal
The key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not a divine spark. It's not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of success, even in… — David Brooks
There just isn't enough televised Chess — David Letterman
You may have the bishop pair but I have the ultimate advantage; I am the better player! — John Adams
When you see a good move, sit on your hands and find a better one. — John Adams
The Olympic Charter says winter sports must be played on snow or ice, so the Chess Federation says they'll play with ice pieces. The Olympic… — Peter Sagal
When Grand Masters play, they see the logic of their opponent's moves. One's moves may be so powerful that the other may not be able… — Mark Taimanov
Investing is far more cumulative [than chess]. So long as you're sharp, you can do it for as long as you want. — Patrick Wolff
Despite the documented evidence by chess historian HJR Murray, I've always thought that chess was invented by a goddess — George Koltanowski
There are three intellectual pursuits, and, so far as I am aware, only three, in which human beings have performed major feats before the age… — George Steiner
Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Sexiness, particularly in movies, is the chess game in the 'Thomas Crown Affair'. It's, it's, I don't know, but Faye Dunaway comes up a lot… — Daniel Craig
I don't play chess with my life, ya' know. — Russell Crowe
Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility. — Richard Dawkins
Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another. — Marcel Duchamp
I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much… — Marcel Duchamp
There is a part of me that will forever want to be walking under autumn leaves, carrying a briefcase containing the works of Shakespeare and… — Roger Ebert
I like the moment when I break a man's ego. — Bobby Fischer
All I want to do, ever, is play chess. — Bobby Fischer

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