Chess Quotes

1355 quotes by 411 authors

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman. — Charles Dudley Warner
I stole a piece of the chess set on the first film. I took a piece of the treasure out of Bellatrix's vault on this… — Emma Watson
I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love. — Tiger Woods
In chess, knowledge is a very transient thing. It changes so fast that even a single mouse-slip sometimes changes the evaluation. — Viswanathan Anand
Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games. — Viswanathan Anand
We want more women players to take up chess. There are few participants at the national level and hope it will grow. — Viswanathan Anand
Chess as a sport requires a lot of mental stamina, and this is what that makes it different from a physical sport. Chess players have… — Viswanathan Anand
Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world and do what… — Viswanathan Anand
I don't know how many calories an average chess player burns per game, but it often exceeds that of a player in ball games. It… — Viswanathan Anand
If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a bad result. In… — Viswanathan Anand
It's important, according to me, to train in small doses so as to not lose the joy of playing chess. I personally think too many… — Viswanathan Anand
When I was about six, I saw my elder siblings play chess and pestered my mother into teaching me. Very soon, I was beating everyone… — Viswanathan Anand
You bring to chess facets of your personality and what you are. I have interests other than chess, like music and world and current affairs.… — Viswanathan Anand
I played tournament chess from fifth grade up into high school. — Chris Hardwick
All this twaddle, the existence of God, atheism, determinism, liberation, societies, death, etc., are pieces of a chess game called language, and they are amusing… — Marcel Duchamp
Poets do not go mad; but chess-players do. Mathematicians go mad, and cashiers; but creative artists very seldom. I am not, as will be seen,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Life on a lifeboat isnâ€™t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldnâ€™t… — Yann Martel
I knew that our time together was almost over, I asked her if she liked sports, she asked me if I liked chess, I asked… — Jonathan Safran Foer
The captain was a good chess player, and the games were always interesting. Yossarian had stopped playing chess with him because the games were so… — Joseph Heller
I would certainly end up forever crying the blues into a coffee cup in a park for old men playing chess or silly games of… — Charles Bukowski

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