Chess Quotes

1355 quotes by 411 authors

Between now and when we graduate next year there are at least ten weeks' holiday and five random public holidays. There's email and if you… — Melina Marchetta
A good player who loses at chess is genuinely convinced hat he has lost because of a mistake, and he looks for this mistake in… — Leo Tolstoy
Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain ourselves… — Benjamin Franklin
I was going to have to come up with a rank for myself besides Alpha's mate. In the pack, I was just Mercy- but if… — Patricia Briggs
She looks at me out of the side of her uncovered eye. "Chess, Zombie: defending yourself from the move that hasn't happened yet. Does it… — Rick Yancey
Relationships are a battle. They are a chess game. And what did I do? I just threw all my chess pieces down on the board… — Sophie Kinsella
Chess was the only thing Hermione ever lost at, something Harry and Ron thought was very good for her. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Remy you're my king." I hug him hard. "There's no chess game for me without you. — Katy Evans
No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward. — Amar Bose
I don't like politics especially in chess. All I want is promote chess 24/7. — Susan Polgar
In chess the rules are fixed and the outcome is unpredictable, whereas in Putin's Russia the rules are unpredictable and the outcome is fixed. — Garry Kasparov
You know, comrade Pachman, I don't enjoy being a Minister, I would rather play chess like you, or make a revolution in Venezuela. — Che Guevara
It's true that in chess as in politics, fund-raising and glad-handing matter. — Garry Kasparov
Chess players, people who travel all over the world, should be trusted or else not sent anywhere at all. Why are these four people (Antoshion… — Viktor Korchnoi
A Soviet diplomat, like a skilled chess player, does not expect his opposite number to give up something for nothing, not even a pawn. — Unknown Author
Politicians should be dedicated to the welfare of the people, but sometimes politics becomes like a game of chess, in which the sole aim is… — Nirmala Srivastava
Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a mixture of proud chivalry and base-in both senses-greed. — John Fowles
Rather than opera, football is more like ballet or a chess game. You can really see it in a team like Arsenal, especially when Dennis… — Marcus du Sautoy
For me, baseball is more comparable to chess than it is to hockey. — Jeff Garlin
Spying is a like a game of chess: Sometimes you have to withdraw, sometimes you have to sacrifice one of your pieces to win -… — John Rhys-Davies

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