Chess Quotes

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The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it,… — Benjamin Franklin
Chess is a beautiful mistress. — Bent Larsen
For me, chess is at the same time a game, a sport, a science and an art. And perhaps even more than that,. There is… — Bent Larsen
Chess is my profession. I am my own boss; I am free. I like literature and music, classical especially. I am in fact quite normal;… — Bent Larsen
Chess is the gymnasium of the mind. — Blaise Pascal
Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponents mind. — Bobby Fischer
Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck. — Bobby Fischer
Chess is imagination. — David Bronstein
The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is. — David Bronstein
For me, Chess is life and every game is like a new life. Every chess player gets to live many lives in one lifetime. — Eduard Gufeld
Chess is, above all, a fight. — Emanuel Lasker
By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be -… — Emanuel Lasker
A chess game, after all, is a fight in which all possible factors must be made use of, and in which a knowledge of the… — Emanuel Lasker
Chess is mental torture. — Garry Kasparov
Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess a typical inexact… — Garry Kasparov
For me, chess is a language, and if it's not my native tongue, it is one I learned via the immersion method at a young… — Garry Kasparov
Chess is a good mistress but a bad master. — Gerald Abrahams
Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for. — Hans Ree
Chess is a great game. No matter how good one is, there is always somebody better. No matter how bad one is, there is always… — Israel Albert Horowitz
Chess is not for the timid. — Irving Chernev

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