Chess Quotes

1355 quotes by 411 authors

Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make. — David Hockney
The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of… — Thomas Huxley
Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem… — Garry Kasparov
I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country. — Garry Kasparov
I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all… — Garry Kasparov
It's quite difficult for me to imagine my life without chess. — Garry Kasparov
Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters. — Garry Kasparov
The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable. — Carl Jung
Chess is my life, but my life is not chess. — Anatoly Karpov
I still love to play chess. So I do not even spend a minute on the possibility to step back. — Anatoly Karpov
I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good… — Anna Kendrick
I feel as if I were a piece in a game of chess, when my opponent says of it: That piece cannot be moved. — Soren Kierkegaard
A woman can beat any man; it's difficult to imagine another kind of sport where a woman can beat a man. That's why I like… — Alexandra Kosteniuk
In chess one cannot control everything. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in… — Vladimir Kramnik
For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression. — Vladimir Kramnik
I am convinced, the way one plays chess always reflects the player's personality. If something defines his character, then it will also define his way… — Vladimir Kramnik
Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game at… — Charles Krauthammer
You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches… — Stanley Kubrick
If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And… — Aung San Suu Kyi
Life is not always like chess. Just because you have the king surrounded, don't think he is not capable of hurting you. — Ron Livingston

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